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Can student-perpetrated college crime be predicted based on precollege misconduct?
- Source :
- Injury Prevention (1353-8047); Dec2013, Vol. 19 Issue 6, p405-411, 7p, 1 Diagram, 5 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Objectives Many colleges assess criminal histories during the admissions process, in part, to address violence on campus. This study sought to examine the utility of screening as a means of reducing violence. Methods Using cohort and case-control analyses, we identified college misconduct through college records and self-reports on a confidential survey of graduating seniors, and examined precollege behaviour as indicated on admissions records, a survey and criminal background checks. Results One hundred and twenty students met our case definition of college misconduct, with an estimated OR of 5.28 (95% CI 1.92 to 14.48) associated with precollege misconduct revealed on the college application. However, only 3.3% (95% CI 1.0% to 8.0%) of college seniors engaging in college misconduct had reported precollege criminal behaviours on their applications and 8.5% (95% CI 2.4% to 20.4%) of applicants with a criminal history engaged in misconduct during college. Discussion Though precollege behaviour is a risk factor for college misconduct, screening questions on the application are not adequate to detect which students will engage in college misconduct. This pilot work would benefit from replication to determine the utility of criminal background investigations as part of admissions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CRIME prevention
VIOLENCE prevention
STUDENT cheating
CONFIDENCE intervals
EPIDEMIOLOGY
LONGITUDINAL method
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SELF-evaluation
STUDENTS
SURVEYS
UNIVERSITIES & colleges
LOGISTIC regression analysis
PILOT projects
DATA analysis
ACCESS to information
SCHOOL admission
CASE-control method
DATA analysis software
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13538047
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Injury Prevention (1353-8047)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 92598523
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040644