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Mia Clark
Mia is from Dartmouth, Massachusetts and is a current sophomore at Wesleyan University. At Wesleyan Mia is apart of the Women’s Track and Cross Country teams, Wesleyan’s Food Rescue Club, and plans on majoring in Psychology and Science in Society.
Abstract: This study examines the relationship between adolescent fighting and violence and future enlistment in military services. The focus on adolescent violence and future employment in military services will show implications of military marketing and recruitment tactics, as well as implications of how childhood delinquency reconstructs itself into career paths. The data used in this study was provided by the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), which surveys the same participants at different stages of their life. The variable of adolescent violence was operationalized into 3 levels ( no violent behaviors displayed, moderately violent behaviors displayed and extreme violent behaviors displayed) as military enlistment was operationalized into two levels (currently enlisted or previously enlisted in the military or not enlisted in the military). After analysis it was shown that adolescents who display moderately violent behaviors are almost 50% more likely to join the military than adolescents who do not display violent behavior.
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