The results suggest that social control at school determines boys’ delinquent behavior but not girls’. Boys who attended schools having a high rate of school-level social control were at a lower risk of engaging in delinquent behavior, as compared to boys who attended schools that did not have such high levels. In the case of girls, the meaning of the school-level social control was insignificant. The role of the school in the prevention of juvenile delinquency has recently gained attention along with the growing field of research on local communities and crime. The purpose of this study was to examine school-related social control as a preventive measure against adolescent active delinquency. The study is based on the Finnish Self-Report Delinquency Study which was collected in 2004. The data were based on a random cluster sample of Finnish 15- to 16-year-old adolescents, and the analysis employed was multilevel logistic analysis. References