This paper examines the potential incapacitation effect on various categories of crime committed by young persons. I exploit the increase in compulsory education-work participation age from 15 to 17 in Australia's largest state. The policy primarily increased participation in schools with high enrolments in school-based vocational education programs. By using incidents of crime, I incorporate incapacitation effects on crimes that do not lead to arrests and provide net effect of the policy. Results show substantial reduction in incidents of crime, particularly by male offenders in urban areas and suggest that the policy did not displace crime from streets to schools. Crimes against property, which are often diverted from the criminal justice system, show the largest decline.

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没有时间犯罪？强制参与对青少年犯罪的影响

本文研究了对青少年犯下的各类犯罪的潜在失能效应。我利用澳大利亚最大的州将参与义务教育工作的年龄从 15 岁提高到 17 岁。该政策主要增加了对校本职业教育计划入学率高的学校的参与。通过使用犯罪事件，我结合了对不会导致逮捕的犯罪的失能效应，并提供了政策的净效应。结果显示犯罪事件显着减少，尤其是城市地区的男性罪犯，并表明该政策并未将犯罪从街头转移到学校。通常从刑事司法系统中转移出来的财产犯罪下降幅度最大。