JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND URBAN AREAS - A STUDY OF RATES OF DELINQUENCY IN RELATION TO DIFFERENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN AMERICAN CITIES. REV. ED.

• NCJ Number: 18093
• Author(s): C R SHAW; H D MCKAY
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 448 pages
• Sale Source: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

AN EXPLORATION OF THE ECOLOGY OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY WHICH PROVIDES UP-TO-DATE DATA ON DELINQUENCY IN CHICAGO AND COMPARATIVE DATA FOR SEVERAL OTHER LARGE AMERICAN CITIES.

Abstract

IN THIS ATTEMPT TO ANALYZE THE VARIATIONS IN RATES OF DELINQUENTS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREAS IN AMERICAN CITIES A VARIETY OF STATISTICAL DATA ARE UTILIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE EXTENT TO WHICH DIFFERENCES IN THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LOCAL AREAS PARALLEL VARIATIONS IN RATES OF DELINQUENTS. THE METHODS EMPLOYED INCLUDE SPOT MAPS, STATISTICAL TABLES SHOWING THE RATES OF DELINQUENTS AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL VARIABLES COMPUTED FOR LARGE ZONES AND CLASSES OF AREAS, ZERO-ORDER CORRELATIONS, AND, IN A FEW INSTANCES, HIGHERORDER CORRELATIONS. EXTENSIVE DATA IS PROVIDED FOR CHICAGO, INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE GROWTH AND CONFIGURATION OF THE CITY, THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF DELINQUENTS AND CRIMINALS, RATES OF INFANT MORTALITY, TUBERCULOSIS AND INSANITY, AND INDEXES OF THE VARIATIONS IN THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LOCAL AREAS FOR WHICH RATES OF DELINQUENCY HAVE BEEN COMPUTED. STUDIES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF DELINQUENCY IN FIVE CITIES OR METROPOLITAN AREAS WHICH INCLUDE A TOTAL OF 24 SEPARATE MUNICIPALITIES ARE PROVIDED. ALTHOUGH A FEW SERIES OF DELINQUENT GIRLS ARE INCLUDED IN CERTAIN OF THESE STUDIES, THE PRIMARY EMPHASIS HAS BEEN PLACED ON ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DELINQUENCY AMONG MALES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)