Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Crime, 1948-1977 (Racine, Wisconsin) - Three Birth Cohorts (Age by Age Data)

• NCJ Number: 101621
• Author(s): L W Shannon
• Date Published: 1985
• Length: 948 pages
• Corporate Author: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

After describing the data collection, methodology, file structure, codebook information, and processing information for the study of juvenile delinquency and adult crime in three birth cohorts in Racine, Wis., this manual presents the variable description lists and codebooks for the study's three file types.

Abstract

The study obtained data on juvenile delinquency and adult crime for three birth cohorts (1942, 1949, and 1955). The data files are the individual-level file 'police contact' data for all three cohorts, individual-level interview and contact data for 1942 and 1949 cohorts, individual-level contact data classified by age for all three cohorts ('age-by-age' data). The data are contained in eight files. Police contact data consist of the type and frequency of police contacts by individuals, as well as the date, location, and contact number. The interview data sets contain information on police contacts as well as a number of variables measured during personal interviews with a sample of the 1942 and 1949 cohorts. The 'age-by-age' data set contains juvenile court and police contact data classified by age.