VIOLENT CRIME IN A BIRTH COHORT (FROM CRIME AND JUSTICE, 1970-1971, 1972, BY J SUSMAN - SEE NCJ-27315)

• NCJ Number: 27318
• Author(s): M E WOLFGANG
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: AMS Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

FINDINGS OF A STUDY ON THE RATE OF DELINQUENCY AMONG MALES BORN IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1945 BASED ON CONTACT BETWEEN THE STUDY GROUP AND POLICE BETWEEN GROUP AGES SEVEN AND SEVENTEEN.

Abstract

RESULTS REVEAL THAT THE DELINQUENCY RATE WAS 35 PERCENT AND THAT THE RATE WAS THREE TIMES HIGHER AMONG NONWHITES THAN WHITES.