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Author: Kamerdze, Amy
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1. Augustyn, Megan
Kamerdze, Amy
Loughran, David S.
Untangling the Heterogeneity in the Marriage Effect
Presented: Chicago IL, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 2012
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: American Society of Criminology
Keyword(s): Crime; Heterogeneity; Life Course; Marriage

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Using a life course framework as a guide, much of the recent work on desistance from crime has examined the positive effect of marriage on the decrease and/or cessation of criminal activity. Rare, though, is the examination of the heterogeneity in the effect of marriage on criminal involvement. This is unfortunate because prior work may overstate or understate the beneficial effect of marriage during the life course. This study is one attempt to fill this void in literature. Specifically, this investigation will use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 to investigate whether or not there is heterogeneity in the marriage effect across propensity, age, gender and race. In addition, it will help to clarify theory by examining the true robustness of the social bond in question.
Bibliography Citation
Augustyn, Megan, Amy Kamerdze and David S. Loughran. "Untangling the Heterogeneity in the Marriage Effect." Presented: Chicago IL, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 2012.
2. Kamerdze, Amy
Exploring the Relationship Between Educational Attainment and Arrest within the Forgotten Half
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, College Park, 2017
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
Keyword(s): Arrests; Dropouts; Educational Attainment; High School Completion/Graduates

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This dissertation uses the first 14 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) to examine the relationship between educational attainment and arrest. Regressions were run to assess the effect of educational attainment on arrest for the Forgotten Half, as well as by gender and racial and ethnic group. Results from these zero-inflated negative binomial (ZINB) regressions confirm a relationship, with dropouts being arrested the most, high school graduates the least, and stopouts falling in the middle. Results for both childhood social control theory and identity theory models found that inclusion of concepts from these theories weakened the relationship between stopping out and arrest so much that the relationship became insignificant. Dropping out, on the other hand, was only slightly affected by the addition of these theoretical constructs. The relationship between dropping out and arrest was diminished more by the inclusion of theoretical variables measured during adulthood. The dissertation also considers the theoretical and policy implications of these findings.
Bibliography Citation
Kamerdze, Amy. Exploring the Relationship Between Educational Attainment and Arrest within the Forgotten Half. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, College Park, 2017.
3. Kamerdze, Amy
Exploring the Relationship Between Educational Attainment and Crime
Presented: Chicago IL, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 2012
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: American Society of Criminology
Keyword(s): Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Educational Attainment; High School Diploma

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Lower levels of education have been associated with several negative life outcomes, such as higher unemployment and public assistance rates, as well as increased levels of substance abuse, delinquency and crime. While prior studies have focused on the relationship between dropping out of high school and delinquency, there has been little research that has explored the association between delinquency and additional levels of educational attainment. This study seeks to further investigate this relationship. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, I will examine the relationship between crime and educational attainment for the Forgotten Half, those individuals whose highest level of education is a high school diploma. Implications for theory and policy will be discussed.
Bibliography Citation
Kamerdze, Amy. "Exploring the Relationship Between Educational Attainment and Crime." Presented: Chicago IL, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, November 2012.