%0 Journal Article
%T Racial and ethnic change and serious student offending in Los Angeles middle and high schools
%J Crime and delinquency
%D 2016
%A Boggess, Lyndsay N.
%V 62
%N 5
%P 669-700
%X This study assesses the relationship between racial and ethnic change and change in crime in a different type of community--schools. Like neighborhoods, some schools are perpetually more dangerous than others despite turnover. This study investigates how change in the racial and ethnic composition of school enrollment plays a role in school-level crime. In addition, because schools are located within a community context, this study incorporates spatial context and includes information on crime and residential change in the neighborhood surrounding the school. Using a series of negative binomial regression models assessing the influence of changes in school-specific and local community factors on serious school offending (assaults, batteries, robberies, and property offenses that occurred on campus) over time, the findings reveal that that the relationship between school-level racial and ethnic change is moderated by the community-level changes, but that the relationship is specific to school type and contrary to theoretical expectation.   Keywords: Juvenile justice;<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 0011-1287
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128713510081