Delinquency in a Birth Cohort

by Marvin Eugene Wolfgang

Book Overview

"Delinquency in a Birth Cohort is a turning point in criminological research in the United States," writes Norval Morris in his foreword. "What has been completely lacking until this book is an analysis of delinquency in a substantial cohort of youths, the cohort being defined other than by their contact with any part of the criminal justice system."

This study of a birth cohort was not originally meant to be etiological or predictive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226905586
• ISBN13: 9780226905587
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"