INDIAN AND NON-INDIAN DELINQUENCY - A SELF REPORT STUDY OF WIND RIVER (WY) RESERVATION AREA YOUTH

• NCJ Number: 26053
• Author(s): M A FORLUND
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 57 pages
• Grant Number(s): 722-77-002
• Sponsoring Agency: Wyoming Governor's Planning Cmtte on Criminal Admin
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS DOCUMENT REPORTS THE RESULTS OF A DELINQUENCY SELF-REPORT QUESTIONNAIRE COMPLETED BY WHITE AND INDIAN STUDENTS CONCERNING DELINQUENT ACTS, ALCOHOL USE, AND DRUG USE.

Abstract

THE FINDINGS OF THIS STUDY WERE BASED ON A SAMPLE THAT INCLUDED 355 WHITE MALES, 315 WHITE FEMALES, 68 INDIAN MALES, AND 62 INDIAN FEMALES. THE REPORT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE PERCENTAGE OF INDIAN AND WHITE YOUTHS WHO INDICATED THAT HAD COMMITTED EACH TYPE OF DELINQUENT ACT, AND THE FREQUENCY OF COMMISSION OF EACH ACT. DATA SHOWED THAT EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES INVOLVING SCHOOL, THERE IS LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN REPORTED DELINQUENCY BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS. DATA WAS THEN ANALYZED BY SOCIAL CLASS AND RACE. WHEN CONTROLLING FOR THESE FACTORS, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE INDIAN MALE WAS ONLY SLIGHTLY MORE DELINQUENT THAN THE WHITE MALE. AMONG FEMALES, WORKING CLASS INDIAN YOUTH WERE FOUND TO BE ONLY SLIGHTLY MORE INVOLVED IN DELINQUENT ACTS THAT WHITE FEMALES; HOWEVER, BOTH MIDDLE CLASS AND LOWER CLASS INDIAN FEMALES APPEARED TO BE CONSIDERABLY MORE DELINQUENT THAN MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASS WHITES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)