SOC 4424 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Larceny, Motor Vehicle Theft, Uniform Crime Reports
23 Dec 2016
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Non - index offenses: 21 other offenses, including some status offenses like running away. Juvenile arrest data: in 1980, 5% of juvenile males were arrested. figure increased to 9% in 1990, fell to 5. 4% in 2000, & continued to fall to 2. 2% in 2010. In 1980, 1& of juvenile females were arrested, increased to 3% in 1990s, fell to. 2. 2% in 2000, and fell to 0. 9% in 2010: for both juvenile females & males, offence for which they were arrested most = In 1980, 1990, & 2000 juvenile females were arrested for status offense. Cohort studies follows a sample of youth over a specific period of time, longitudinal studies. Help us to understand the development of delinquency over time & the contributors to the causes of delinquency: ex. ) Philadelphia or cohort i study - wolfgang: cohort ii study - wolfgang.
