title: The relationship between academic achievement and likelihood of police arrest among delinquents.
abstract: Drawing upon a recent study on the association between low self-control and differential responses from the criminal justice system, this study examined whether academic performance, a construct linked to self-control, was also associated with the probability of police arrest. The result indicated that academic performance did have a statistically significant inverse association with the likelihood of police arrest, net of low self-control and delinquency.
authors.affiliation: Chosun University, Gwangju, South Korea.
authors.forename: Ilhong
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: Jinseong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheong
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D065786:Delay Discounting; D056344:Executive Function; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D063588:National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health; D016495:Police; D011329:Prisoners / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology*; D011336:Probability; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: academic performance; differential police response; executive functions; intelligence