CRIMINAL DIFFERENTIATION AND OCCUPATIONAL DIFFERENTIATION

• NCJ Number: 15111
• Journal: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 11 Issue: 2 Dated: (JULY 1974) Pages: 89-100
• Author(s): J P GIBBS; J F SHORT
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 12 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US President's Cmssn on Law Enforcement and Admin of Justice
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH STRATEGIES BASED ON EMPIRICAL REGULARITIES ARE NEEDED TO SUPPORT SOCIAL CAUSATION THEORIES ON CRIME AND DEVIANCE.

Abstract

DATA FROM UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS AND THE U.S. CENSUS ARE USED TO STUDY THE RELATION OF CRIMINAL DIFFERENTIATION TO AGE AND OCCUPATIONAL DIFFERENTIATION. CRIMINAL DIFFERENTIATION IS HIGH AMONG THE YOUNG, DECREASING UNTIL THE EARLY THIRTIES AND THEN INCREASING. THAT IS, INDIVIDUALS IN THE LATE TEENS TEND TO BE ARRESTED FOR OFFENSES THAT ARE RELATIVELY RARE IN OTHER AGE GROUPS. THE INCREASE IN CRIMINAL DIFFERENTIATION AFTER AGE 30 DOES NOT REACH THE HIGH LEVELS OF THE LATE TEENS. CRIMINAL DIFFERENTIATION AND OCCUPATIONAL DIFFERENTIATION ARE FOUND TO BE DIRECTLY RELATED FOR TWO CENSUS YEARS, 1950 AND 1960. THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THESE FINDINGS ARE DISCUSSED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)