SELF-REPORT COMPARISON OF INDIAN AND ANGLO DELINQUENCY IN WYOMING

• NCJ Number: 28899
• Journal: Criminology Volume: 13 Issue: 2 Dated: (AUGUST 1975) Pages: 193-198
• Author(s): M A FORSLUND; V A CRANSTON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: American Society of Criminology
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF RESPONSES TO A 29-ITEM QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTERED TO NINTH THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE STUDENTS ATTENDING TWO HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE WIND RIVER RESERVATION AREA OF WYOMING.

Abstract

STUDY FINDINGS ARE BASED ON A SAMPLE OF 355 ANGLO MALES, 315ANGLO FEMALES, 68 INDIAN MALES AND 62 INDIAN FEMALES. THE DATA REVEALS LITTLE OVERALL DIFFERENCE IN THE DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR OF INDIAN AND ANGLO MALES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A GREATER INVOLVEMENT OF INDIAN MALES IN DELINQUENT ACTIVITIES CENTERING AROUND THE SCHOOL. THE INDIAN FEMALE, HOWEVER, APPEARS TO BE CONSIDERABLY MORE INVOLVED THAN HER ANGLO COUNTERPART IN RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME AND IN A VARIETY OF OFFENSES CENTERING AROUND THE SCHOOL, THEFT, VANDALISM, AND ASSAULT. WHEN SOCIAL CLASS IS CONTROLLED, THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF OFFENSES FOR WHICH THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO RACES, ALTHOUGH A FEW DIFFERENCES ARE FOUND ON PARTICULAR CLASS LEVELS WHICH DO NOT OBTAIN FOR THE SAMPLE AS A WHOLE. A LIST OF REFERENCES IS INCLUDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)