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Paul Hirschfield, Ph.D., is an assistant professor, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University. He
studies social control, intervention, and criminalization in relation to youths, primarily in the contexts
of education and juvenile justice. Dr. Hirschfield is currently conducting research in New York
City on model approaches to the educational reintegration of young ex-offenders.
The author gratefully acknowledge the following researchers who contributed valuable data, advice,
and feedback during one or more phases of the development of this article: Kathryn Burrows,
Deborah Carr, Thomas Cook, Joseph Gasper, Leah Goldman Traub, John Hagan, Lance Hannon,
John Laub, Julie Phillips, David Reed, Wesley Skogan, D. Randall Smith, and Helene Raskin White.
The National Institute of Justice and the National Science Foundation provided direct support for
this project. The author accepts sole responsibility for the views expressed herein and any errors
committed. An earlier version of this article was presented at the annual meeting of the American
Society of Criminology, November 2003, Denver, CO. Address correspondence to Paul J. Hirschfield,
Department of Sociology, Rutgers University, 54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854; e-mail:
phirschfield@sociology.rutgers.edu.