Delinquency in Puerto Rico: The 1970 Birth Cohort Study

by Paul E. Tracy, Marvin Eugene Wolfgang, Dora Nevares-Muuniz, et al.

This volume describes the findings of a longitudinal, birth cohort study of juvenile delinquency in Puerto Rico. Carried out under the auspices of the Puerto Rican Senate's Special Crime Commission, the book represents a new type of birth cohort study, based on the classic work done in Philadelphia. The authors have traced Puerto Rican children born in 1970, both male and female, through the greater San Juan police departments, charting the incidence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313274568
• ISBN13: 9780313274565
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"