Race, Achievement, and Delinquency: A Further Look at Delinquency in a Birth Cohort.

Jensen, Gary F.

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Publication Date: 1976

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Race, Achievement, and Delinquency: A Further Look at Delinquency in a Birth Cohort

Jensen, Gary F.

American Journal of Sociology, 82, 2, 379-87, Sep 76

This paper critiques Wolfgang, Figlio, and Sellin's "Delinquency in a Birth Cohort," (1972) which is the analysis of the recorded delinquent careers of a cohort of nearly 10,000 boys in Philadelphia, by outlining the consequences of an inadequate and cursory use of tabular analysis. (Author/RM)

Descriptors: Data Analysis, Delinquency, Delinquency Causes, Error Patterns, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Social Science Research

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