Longitudinal Examination of the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency

• NCJ Number: 123957
• Author(s): T P Thornberry; M Farnworth; A J Lizotte; S B Stern
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 12 pages
• Grant Number(s): 86-JN-CX-0007 (S-3)
• Sponsoring Agency: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Corporate Author: Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Ctr
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology 1987 annual meeting in Montreal. Working Paper Series No. 1

Annotation

This study will attempt to explain the development of both pro-social and anti-social behavior patterns among a sample of high-risk adolescents.

Abstract

The design of the Rochester Youth Development Study will trace the social and psychological development of approximately 1,000 adolescents, overrepresenting those at high risk of delinquency, from the earliest stages of delinquent involvement to the peak years of delinquency. The sample will consist of 750 males and 250 females to ensure an adequate representation of chronic offenders in the analysis. The study will provide comprehensive data, often from multiple sources, on some of the most salient factors associated with delinquency so that delinquent careers can be described and the causes of delinquency modeled and tested. In brief, the design provides for a comprehensive, conceptually based examination of the basic causes and correlates of delinquency. 12 references, 2 figures.