The purpose of this study was to look at the history of delinquency of a birth cohort. Data were collected in order to focus on the age of onset and the progression or cessation of delinquency. Information in the study includes demographics, academic and other data on the offenders, offense information, victim demographics, and criminal incident information.
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Delinquency in a birth cohort in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1945-1963: Individual file
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Event/transaction.
Holding archive: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network
ICPSR data class: Class II
Chronological coverage: 1945-1963; data collected: 1964.
Records from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania public, private, and parochial schools, and records from the Philsdelphia, Pennsylvania Police Department's Juvenile Aid Division.
Philadelphia, Pa.
National Institute of Mental Health , 1-R11-01252-01 NIMH
OSIRIS, and card image formats.
Part number: 1 ; part name: Individuals ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 9,945 ; variable count: 48 ; logical record length: 80 ; records per case: 2
Part number: 2 ; part name: Offenses ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 10,214 ; variable count: 43 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 2
Universe: Boys who were born in 1945 and lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from the ages 10 to 18.
Wolfgang, Marvin E., Robert Figlio, and Thorsten Sellin. DELIQUENCY IN A BIRTH COHORT. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1972.