Delinquency in a Birth Cohort II: Philadelphia, 1958-1988
Description
The purpose of this data collection was to follow a birth
cohort born in Philadelphia during 1958 with a special focus on
delinquent activities as children and as adults. The respondents were
first interviewed in DELINQUENCY IN A BIRTH COHORT IN PHILADELPHIA,
PENNSYLVANIA, 1945-1963 (ICPSR 7729). Part 1 offers basic demographic
information, such as sex, race, date of birth, church membership, age,
and socioeconomic status, on each cohort member. Two files supply
offense data: Part 2 pertains to offenses committed while a juvenile
and Part 3 details offenses as an adult. Offense-related variables
include most serious offense, police disposition, location of crime,
reason for police response, complainant's sex, age, and race, type of
victimization, date of offense, number of victims, average age of
victims, number of victims killed or hospitalized, property loss,
weapon involvement, and final court disposition. Part 4, containing
follow-up survey interview data collected in 1988, was designed to
investigate differences in the experiences and attitudes of individuals
with varying degrees of involvement with the juvenile justice system.
Variables include individual histories of delinquency, health,
household composition, marriage, parent and respondent employment and
education, parental contacts with the legal system, and other social
and demographic variables.
Resources
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Description |
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ICPSR09293.v3 |
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09293.v3 |
Tags
- criminal-justice-system
- adult-offenders
- delinquent-behavior
- demographic-characteristics
- juvenile-offenders
- victimization
- disposition-legal
- criminal-histories
- police-response