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School qualifications and youth custody

Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela


Youth custody has severe long-term consequences for detained young people. Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela investigate the relationship between GCSE qualifications and youth custody, and find that underlying problems become evident in early adolescence.


20 June 2023     Paper Number CEPCP659

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This CentrePiece article is published under the centre's Education programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: School performance: Institutional environment