SERVICE-RELATED EXPERIENCE OF A SAMPLE OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS - REPORT NO. 2 - A REPLICATION ON A LARGER SAMPLE IN ANOTHER STATE

• NCJ Number: 2996
• Author(s): M ROFF
• Date Published: 1963
• Length: 13 pages
• Grant Number(s): MH 02216; DA 49 007 MD 2015
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of the Army
• Corporate Author: Regents of the University of Minnesota
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

FORMER JUVENILE DELINQUENTS FROM A MINNESOTA METROPOLITAN AREA WHO ENTERED THE ARMED FORCES WERE STUDIED AND COMPARED TO AN EARLIER SAMPLE.

Abstract

TABLES GIVING REASONS FOR REJECTION AND DEFERRAL, THE NUMBERS IN DIFFERENT BRANCHES, AND SUCCESS IN THE MILITARY, ARE PRESENTED FOR BOTH THE MINNESOTA GROUP AND THE OTHER STUDY. SUCCESS IN THE SERVICE IS MEASURED BY CATEGORIES RANGING FROM PROMOTION TO TYPE OF DISCHARGE. THE MINNESOTA YOUTHS HAD BETTER MILITARY RECORDS ON THE WHOLE THAN THE OTHER GROUP.