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NCJ 091865
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| Title:
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Artificial Inflation of a Delinquency Rate by a Selection Artifact
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| Journal:
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Operations Research Volume:28 Issue:3 Dated:Part 1 (May-June 1980) Pages:547-559
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| Author(s):
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M D Maltz ; S M Pollock
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| Publication Date:
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1980 |
| Pages:
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13 |
| Type:
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Statistical data |
| Origin:
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United States |
| Language:
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English |
| Grant No.:
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77-NI-99-0073 |
| Annotation:
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Cohorts of youths sentenced to a variety of correctional programs show substantial reductions in delinquent activity after leaving the programs compared to before sentencing. |
| Abstract:
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This paper develops models of delinquent activity and subsequent sentencing to a correctional program. It shows how a population of youths, whose delinquent activity is represented by a stationary stochastic process, can be selected (using reasonable selection rules) to form a cohort which has an inflated rate of delinquent activity prior to selection. When the activity rate returns to its uninflated rate after the youths are released from the program, an apparent reduction results. Based on this analysis, the paper concludes that the reductions noted in delinquent activity may be largely due to the way delinquents are selected for correction rather than to the effect of the programs. Figures, equations, seven references, and appended technical material are supplied. (Author abstract modified) |
| Index Term(s):
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Models ; Research design ; Corrections effectiveness ; Juvenile statistics |
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