Race, Achievement, and Delinquency
A Further Look at Delinquency in a Birth Cohort
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2208702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary F Jensen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 379-387 |
| Publication date | 1976-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/226316 |
| PMID | 1036870 |
| OpenAlex | W2065088203 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 7 |
This paper outlines the consequences of an inadequate and cursory use of tabular analysis in Wolfgang, Figlio, and Sellin's Delinquency in a Birth Cohort. Through a reconstruction and reanalysis of some of the data presented I found that the verbal model proposed in that work concerning the interrelationships and relative importance of several variables was in error. An alternative model fits the data much better and supports conclusions in marked contrast to those stated. Contrary to the model suggested in Delinquency in a Birth Cohort, the relation between achievement level and delinquency status is not a spurious one due to a common association with race. Moreover, achievement appears to be at least as strongly related to delinquency status as are race and social class
Cohort · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Juvenile delinquency · Race (biology) · Sociology · Spurious relationship · Statistics · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Mathematics · Psychology · Stress Responses and Cortisol
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Clarifying and Extending Power-Control Theory
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Economic and Sociocultural Variables affecting Rates of Youth Unemployment, Delinquency, and Crime
Structural Determinants of Juvenile Offenses in School
Changing Teaching Practices in Mainstream Classrooms to Improve Bonding and Behavior of Low Achievers
The Juvenile Delinquency Problem in Japan
Les signaux précoces de l’agir délinquant fréquent
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2007 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |