CASE STUDY OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC-EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMITTED DELINQUENTS

• NCJ Number: 18919
• Author(s): J R JOHNSTON
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 155 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DISSERTATION - UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

Annotation

EXAMINES SOCIOECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INCARCERATED JUVENILE OFFENDERS.

Abstract

THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO (A) IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE THE GENERAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC-EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT OF PITTSBURGH WHO WAS COMMITTED TO A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION BY THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JUVENILE COURT IN 1966, (B) TO IDENTIFY, IF POSSIBLE, APPARENT CLASSROOM INDICATORS OF PRE-DELINQUENCY, AND (C) TO DRAW IMPLICATIONS CONCERNING THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL IN REGARD TO EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF PRE-DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR. THIS STUDY WAS FOCUSED ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CHILD AS IT RELATED TO THE FIRST SIX GRADES IN SCHOOL. MOST OF THESE YEARS WERE PRE-DELINQUENCY YEARS, ACCORDING TO THE COURT RECORDS. ALTHOUGH THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM THE EDUCATIONAL FACTORS IN THIS STUDY, SINCE ONE APPEARS TO GREATLY INFLUENCE THE OTHER, AN EXAMINATION OF EACH IS PRESENTED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)