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Delinquency Careers in Two Birth Cohorts

Delinquency in a Birth Cohort, published in 1972, was the first criminologi­ cal birth cohort study in the United States. Nils Christie, in Unge norske lovorertredere, had done the first such study as his dissertation at the University of Oslo in 1960. Professor Thorsten Sellin was the inspiration f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tracy, Paul E., Wolfgang, Marvin E. (Author), Figlio, Robert M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1990, 1990
Edition:1st ed. 1990
Series:The Plenum Series in Crime and Justice
Subjects:
Political Science
Sociology
Criminology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Cohort Studies in Criminology
  • The Recognized Need for Cohort Studies
  • Previous Studies of a Cohort Character
  • Subsequent Studies of a Cohort Character
  • Why a New Birth Cohort Study?
  • 3. Contemporary Issues in Longitudinal Research
  • Criminal Careers Historically
  • The Value of Longitudinal Research on Criminal Careers
  • 4. The 1958 Birth Cohort Study
  • Objectives
  • Capturing the Cohort
  • Collection of Police Data
  • Measuring Delinquency
  • Scaling the Gravity of Crime
  • The Seriousness Scoring System
  • Measuring Socioeconomic Status
  • Background Data
  • 5. The Prevalence of Delinquency
  • Race and SES
  • Background Variables
  • 6. The Incidence of Delinquency
  • Extent of Delinquency
  • Severity of Delinquency
  • 7. The Chronic Juvenile Offender
  • Chronicity and Frequency of Delinquency
  • Chronicity and Severity of Delinquency
  • 8. Delinquent Recidivism: Static Probabilities
  • The First Offense
  • Rank Number of Offense
  • 9. Delinquent Recidivism: Specialization and Escalation
  • Offense Transition Probabilities: All Offenders
  • Offense Transition Residuals: All Offenders
  • Offense Transition Residuals: All Offender Recidivists
  • Offense Transition Probabilities by Race
  • Offense Transition Residuals by Race
  • Offense Escalation: All Offenders
  • 10. Age-at-Onset and Delinquency
  • Age-at-Onset Percentages
  • Age-at-Onset and Mean Number of Offenses
  • Age-at-Onset and Offense Severity
  • Age-at-Onset and Offense Types
  • 11. Delinquency and Age-at-Offense
  • Distribution of Offenses by Age
  • Offense Rates by Age
  • Offense Types by Age
  • 12. Police and Court Dispositions
  • Disposition Distributions
  • Disposition Contingencies
  • 13. Summary and Implications
  • Summary of Results
  • Implications
  • References

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