Examining the relationship between school suspensions/expulsions and felonies

Understanding the educational needs of young offenders: A prevalence study of traumatic brain injury and learning disabilities

“…These outcomes can increase the risk of delinquent behavior (Morris & Morris, 2006). Further, research also shows a relationship between school suspensions and expulsions and offending behaviour (Forsyth, 2014), which may also explain the discrepancy between the older age and the lower grade completed, for the young offenders relative to the controls.…”

Protective Factors for Deviance: A Comparison of Rural and Urban Youth

“…This identifies the transmission of behaviors between closely associated adolescents as the primary mechanism for influence, suggesting that a child's closest friends have the strongest influence on the child's behavior (Dishion, McCord, and Poulin 1999;Forsyth et al 2014;Forsyth et al 2015;Forsyth et al 2013;Payne and Cornwell 2007;Rocheleau and Chavez 2015;Schaefer et al 2015aSchaefer et al , 2015b.…”

Involvement in Crime and Delinquency and the Development of Technological and Computer Skills: A Longitudinal Analysis

“…The precise reason(s) for the link between crime and delinquency and reduced technological skills was not explored in this study, but we do offer a few explanations that need to be addressed in future studies. To begin with, since violent offenders are at-risk for being suspended and expelled and for having poor school attendance (Forsyth et al, 2014; Wang et al, 2005) they likely did not acquire the basic knowledge and experience with technology simply because they were absent from school more frequently than non-violent offenders and abstainers. Similarly, adolescent offenders are also less likely to attend college (Ford & Schroeder, 2011; Tanner et al, 1999) and thus are not as likely to gain additional experience with technology and also are not “forced” to have an email account or learn computer skills through the requirements of a higher education.…”