Frequent school transitions. Maguin and
colleagues (1995) found that youth who
had changed schools often in the past year
at ages 14 and 16 were more violent at age
18 than those who had not. Conclusions
must be drawn carefully, however, because
school transitions can be related to other
factors that predict violence.
High delinquency rate school. Farrington
(1989) found that boys who at age 11 attended
schools with high delinquency
rates reported more violent behavior than
other youth.