DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVE JUVENILE OFFENDERS AND CONVICTED ADULT FELONS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA V 1 - JUVENILE OFFENDERS

• NCJ Number: 909
• Author(s): I A WALLACH
• Date Published: 1966
• Length: 80 pages
• Grant Number(s): OLEA-66-001
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Stanford Research Institute
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

YOUTH-POLICE CONTACTS, DELINQUENCY RATES AND SOCIOECONOMIC CORRELATES OF DELINQUENCY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Abstract

METHODS OF APPROACH, DATA SOURCES, AND LIMITATIONS OF THE ONE-YEAR STUDY ARE PROVIDED. PROFILE OF A TYPICAL JUVENILE OFFENDER IN THE CITY, IN TERMS OF PERSONAL AND FAMILY BACKGROUNDS IS STATISTICALLY OUTLINED. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DEVELOP A COMPOSITE DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY@S ACTIVE JUVENILE OFFENDER AND TO COMPARE THOSE CHARACTERISTICS WITH COMPARABLE SEGMENTS OF THE GENERAL DISTRICT POPULATION.