Table 7

Effects of JTPA on the Arrest Rates of Youths


  Percentage arrested during
    follow-up period    
        Impact per      
  Treatment
group
Control
group
  Assignee Enrollee

 During the first follow-up period
Female youths 4.4% 3.6%   0.8% 1.3%
Male youth non-arrestees 14.1% 9.6   4.5** 6.5
Male youth arrestees 43.3 42.6   0.7 1.1

 During the full follow-up period
Female youths 7.0 5.3   1.7 2.7
Male youth non-arrestees 25.8 18.7   7.1 10.4
Male youth arrestees 59.2 55.7   3.5 5.5

Statisticalsignificance: ** = 5 percent.
Source: Bloom et al. (1994), Exhibit 11.