The Relation of Broken Homes to Juvenile Delinquency Based Upon Data Gathered in Spokane, WashingtonUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1939 - 488 pages |
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... groups . The ultimate validity of any data which are used to differentiate a delinquent group must rest on a comparison of the delinquent group with a con- trol group , item by item . To secure such a control group is an extremely ...
... groups . The ultimate validity of any data which are used to differentiate a delinquent group must rest on a comparison of the delinquent group with a con- trol group , item by item . To secure such a control group is an extremely ...
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... group classified as " Others " where the rate of broken homes in the delinquent group is actually lower than that in the control group ( 35.3 and 35.5 , a ratio of .99 ) , to the Negro group which shows the greatest disparity between the ...
... group classified as " Others " where the rate of broken homes in the delinquent group is actually lower than that in the control group ( 35.3 and 35.5 , a ratio of .99 ) , to the Negro group which shows the greatest disparity between the ...
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... Group When it had been ascertained that the sample was repre- sentative of the total group , the 923 cases ( 424 males and 499 females ) were marked with the same coding as was used for the delinquent group . The information was then ...
... Group When it had been ascertained that the sample was repre- sentative of the total group , the 923 cases ( 424 males and 499 females ) were marked with the same coding as was used for the delinquent group . The information was then ...
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100.0 Non-delinquents Non-broken 68.1 Non-delinquents aration Mother dead associated with delinquency broken by divorce broken home rates Broken Per cent cent homes homes control group Criminology delin delinquency rates DELINQUENT AND CONTROL delinquents and non-delinquents Delinquents Non-broken DISTRIBUTION OF BROKEN DISTRIBUTION OF MARITAL Divorce or separation Education of Mother factors Father dead FATHER TOTAL GROUPS female delinquents Foreign-born Grade school held constant High or vocational home situation homes broken Delinquents homes Broken homes homes homes broken HOMES IN DELINQUENT homes Per cent homes rented information Total juvenile delinquency male delinquents males and females Nativity of Father non-delinquent group PARENTS IN DELINQUENT percentage of broken prior behavior problems proportion of broken punched quents rate of broken Relation of Parents Religion of Mother retarded school districts significant differences significantly higher Spokane Spokane County STANDARDIZED DISTRIBUTION statistical Tier TOTAL GROUPS Marital type of broken type of offense