Talking with some teachers who have the ''in the trenches'' information on the reasons would have been nice. They are the ones who know exactly why different groups of different students commit crimes during the school year.
From an academic point of view, there is almost no value to this paper. For starters, consider how many times that he says "we dont have alot of data". Second, he is reporting on getting arrested. That is an accusation. It has yet to be determined whether the accused has infact committed a crime. Convictions should be what they studied. This paper is about when are the peak periods kids are accused of crimes, peaks. Lastly, they relied on school police reporting to 1) It is known that these national crime reporting databases are vastly incomplete. Accurate Police Department participation is fractional at best, even when it is not optional. 2) School Police are a biased group of law enforcement. Their entire jurisdiction is where children are consolidated. Teachers and other adults commit crimes at schools too but, School cops rarely respond or make appropriate arrests. School Cops can't make arrests if there is nobody at their school. Hence, summer crime reporting drops. Duh. This is why economists are not good sources of analysis in areas theybare not trained to analyze.
Because if adults aren't going to be adults... children will attempt to take that role. Children AREN'T ADULTS. They have a very limited life history and experience. The notion that children have the same life experience and ability to somehow 'intuitively' discern right from wrong without guidance and lived-out example from adults is absurd.
