Abstract
ABSTRACT* * * This article addresses the question of whether or not a more adequate measure of self‐reported delinquency applied to a representative national sample would reveal class differences in r l e l i m that have not been found in earlier self‐report studies. The methodological criticisms of earlier self‐report measures are reviewed, a new self‐report measure is described, annual sex‐by‐class‐specific prevalence and incidence rates based on this measure are presented for a national youth panel for the years 1976 through 1980, and the implications of the class findings are discussed. Class differences in both prevalence and incidence are found for serious offenses. For males, class differences are also found in the incidence of nonserious offenses and global delinquency Class differences are more pervasive and stronger when using an incidence as opposed to a prevalence measure. Criticisms of earlier self report measures appear Justified, calling into Question conclusions about the distribution of delinquency in the adolescent population which are based on prim self‐report data.
Keywords
Juvenile delinquencyIncidence (geometry)Social classPsychologyClass (philosophy)PopulationDemographyMeasure (data warehouse)Injury preventionPoison controlCriminologyDevelopmental psychologyMedicineSociologyPolitical scienceMedical emergencyMathematicsComputer science
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- 1983
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- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 149-177
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- 269
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Delbert S. Elliott,
David Huizinga
(1983).
Social Class and Delinquent Behavior in a National Youth Panel: 1976–1980.
Criminology
, 21
(2)
, 149-177.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-9125.1983.tb00256.x
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- 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1983.tb00256.x