NCJ Number
6190
Journal
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1969) Pages: 1-7
Date Published
1969
Length
7 pages
Annotation
THE LEVELS OF OCCUPATIONAL ASPIRATIONS AND ANTICIPATIONS OF A GROUP OF DELINQUENT AND NONDELINQUENT BOYS IN RELATION TO THEIR FATHERS' OCCUPATION ARE STUDIED.
Abstract
THE TWO GROUPS WERE CONTROLLED IN RESPECT TO SEX (ONLY BOYS), AGE (ONLY SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLDS), RACE (ONLY WHITES AND NEGROES), AND SOCIAL CLASS. THE DELINQUENT SAMPLE COMPRISED SIXTY-ONE BOYS CONFINED TO A MIDWESTERN TRAINING SCHOOL. THE CONTROL WAS MADE UP OF SEVENTY BOYS FROM UPPER WORKING-CLASS AND LOWER MIDDLE-CLASS NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CHICAGO AREA. THE STUDY FINDINGS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING - (1) ALMOST THREE OF EVERY FOUR NONDELINQUENTS ANTICIPATE HIGHER OCCUPATIONS THAN THOSE OF THEIR FATHERS WHILE SLIGHTLY MORE THAN ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR DELINQUENTS HAVE SIMILAR ANTICIPATIONS, (2) NEGRO DELINQUENTS HOPE TO OBTAIN OCCUPATIONS ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THEIR FATHERS, AND (3) NEGRO BOYS APPEAR TO BE MOST MOTIVATED TO RISE ABOVE THE OCCUPATIONAL LEVELS OF THEIR FATHERS. HOWEVER, SO FAR AS RELATIVE GOAL DISCREPANCY IS CONCERNED, THE LOWER-CLASS NEGRO IN THE SAMPLE STUDY REFLECTS THE LOWEST DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE. AUTHOR ABSTRACT