Suchergebnisse

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.