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AGE COMPOSITION AND THE INCREASE IN RECORDED CRIME

NCJ Number
10558
Journal
Criminology Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Dated: (MAY 1973) Pages: 61-70
Author(s)
C F WELLFORD
Date Published
1973
Length
10 pages
Annotation
STATISTICAL EXAMINATION OF CRIME INCREASE DUE TO THE DIFFERENTIAL GROWTH OF CERTAIN AGE CATEGORIES OF THE POPULATION.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR NOTES THAT AN INCREASE IN AGE-SPECIFIC VIOLENT CRIME RATES HAS OCCURRED IN THE AGE CATEGORIES WHICH PREVIOUSLY HAD THE LOWEST VIOLENT CRIME RATES, THOSE UNDER 21.

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