ANALYTICAL AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF DELINQUENT CAREERS

• NCJ Number: 14066
• Author(s): R R PIONKE
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 221 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DISSERTATION - UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Annotation

CONCEPT OF DELINQUENT CAREERS WAS EXAMINED USING AN INSTITUTIONALIZED MALE, DELINQUENT POPULATION TO EXAMINE VARIOUS FACTORS AS POSSIBLE INFLUENCES UPON CONTINUED DELINQUENT ACTIVITY OR RESTRICTORS OF IT.

Abstract

THE INITIAL STUDY WAS CONDUCTED AT THE STATE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR BOYS AT RED WING, MINNESOTA. SIXTY PERCENT OF THE TOTAL POPULATION OF BOYS WERE ASKED TO COMPLETE A QUESTIONNAIRE TOGETHER WITH A SET OF ATTITUDE SCALES. IN ADDITION, A TWO-YEAR FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE BOY HAD CONTINUED IN, OR ABSTAINED FROM, DELINQUENT CONDUCT, AS MEASURED BY RECIDIVISM OR NON-RECIDIVISM. OF THE 21 FACTORS EXAMINED, SIX FACTORS, PRIOR HISTORY OF DELINQUENCY, RACIAL IDENTIFICATION, CHURCH ATTENDANCE, AGE OF BOY, SELF-EVALUATION, AND DIFFERENTIAL IDENTIFICATION, WERE FOUND TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOY'S SUBSEQUENT DELINQUENT STATUS. A DETAILED INTERPRETATION OF THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY IS PRESENTED, FOLLOWED BY THE APPENDIXES WHICH CONTAIN A QUESTIONNAIRE, ATTITUDE SCALES, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND TABLES.