EXPLICIT ESTIMATION OF THE PREVALENCE OF COMMITMENT TO A TRAINING SCHOOL, TO AGE 18, BY RACE AND BY SEX

• NCJ Number: 148389
• Journal: Journal of the American Statistical Association Volume: 68 Issue: 343 Dated: (September 1973) Pages: 547-553
• Author(s): R A Gordon
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 7 pages
• Grant Number(s): MH13951; GS-29873
• Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation; National Institute of Mental Health
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article defends the use of racial and other ethnic identifications in the collection of social data.

Abstract

Estimates of the race and sex specific prevalence to age 18 of commitment to a training school are derived. The obtained relative prevalence rates are found to be similar to another set for a different criterion, a different time, and a different, smaller jurisdiction. The author concludes that differences in relative rates of three to one make it impossible to interpret differences in absolute rate without taking into account the racial composition of the population. Footnotes, tables, references