GROWING UP IN AN AFFLUENT SOCIETY - DELINQUENCY AND RECIDIVISM IN SUBURBAN AMERICA

• NCJ Number: 30167
• Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 3 Issue: 3 Dated: (FALL 1975) Pages: 223-236
• Author(s): E C Viano
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: Pergamon Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDY DESIGNED TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THERE IS NO CORRELATION BETWEEN TYPE OF DISPOSITION IMPOSED ON JUVENILES COMING BEFORE THE COURT ON DELINQUENCY CHARGES AND RECIDIVISM RATES FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS.

Abstract

RECIDIVISM RATES FOR JUVENILES IN AN UNNAMED AFFLUENT SUBURBAN AREA. THE STUDY FOCUSES ON THE RECIDIVISM OF THOSE YOUTHS WHO HAD BEEN REFERRED TO THE COURT FOR THE ALLEGED COMMISSION OF ACTS WHICH WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS 'CRIMINAL' IN NATURE IF COMMITTED BY AN ADULT. THE FINDINGS OF THIS STUDY CHALLENGE TRADITIONAL ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT DISPOSITION OF CASES AND TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)