NCJ Number
26078
Journal
BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, DELINQUENCY, AND DEVIANT SOCIAL BEHAVIOR Volume: 15 Issue: 2 Dated: (APRIL 1975) Pages: 167-174
Date Published
1975
Length
8 pages
Annotation
SURVEY OF THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY FOR 2,196 MALES CHILDREN BORN IN ENGLAND, WALES, AND SCOTLAND BETWEEN MARCH 3-9, 1946 AND ALIVE AND RESIDENT IN ENGLAND AND WLAES ON THEIR EIGHTH BIRTHDAY.
Abstract
THIS POPULATION WAS INVESTIGATED AT INTERVALS OF 2 YEARS OR LESS FROM AGES 8 TO 20. INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SAMPLE'S LAW-BREAKING WAS COLLECT FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES, AND DELINQUENTS WERE IDENTIFIED AND DEFINED AS ALL THOSE WHO APPEARED BEFORE THE COURTS AND WERE FOUND GUILTY OF AN INDICTABLE OFFENSE OR OF A NON-INDICTABLE OFFENSE, DEALT WITH SUMMARILY, OR WHO WERE CAUTIONED BY THE POLICE FOR SUCH AN OFFENSE. THREE HUNDRED THIRTYSIX BOYS WERE SO DEFINED. TABULAR DATA IS PRESENTED ON THE INCIDENCE OF DELINQUENCY, AGE AT FIRST OFFENSE, TYPES OF OFFENSES, AND TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS. STUDY FINDINGS INDICATED SOCIAL CLASS DIFFERENCES IN OVERALL INCIDENCE OF DELINQUENCY, AGE AT FIRST OFFENSE COMMITTED BY RECIDIVISTS, AND TYPES OF OFFENSES COMMITTED. REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)