Criminology Research Indicates Summer Jobs Decrease Youth Violence
A new study by Assistant Professor of Criminology Sara Heller finds that arrests of adolescents for violence decrease by up to 43 percent when the young people have summer jobs. The research, published in Science, focused on disadvantaged youth in Chicago who were enrolled in the One Summer Plus program. Individuals worked in nonprofit and government jobs, such as camp counselors, community garden workers and office assistants for an alderman, earning the minimum wage. Adult mentors were paired with small groups to teach the young people how to be successful employees.
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