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Title details

SN:	2456
Title:	Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development [Great Britain], 1961-1981
Persistent identifier:	10.5255/UKDA-SN-2456-1
Depositor(s):	ICPSR
Principal investigator(s):	Farrington, D.P., University of Cambridge. Institute of Criminology

Subject Categories

Abstract

The data were collected in order to test several hypotheses about delinquency.

Main Topics: Variables Socioeconomic conditions, schooling, friendship, parent-child relationships, extra-curricular activities, school records and criminal records; family size, child-rearing behaviour, job histories, leisure habits, truancy, popularity, physical attributes, tendencies towards violence, sexual activity, self-reported delinquency. Psychological test data are included.

Coverage, universe, methodology

Time period:	01 January 1961 - 01 January 1981
Country:	England
Spatial units:	No information recorded
Observation units:	Individuals
Universe:	Subnational Children Males Young people All boys aged 8-9 who were registered at six primary schools in one urban area
Time dimensions:	Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling procedures:	No information recorded
Method of data collection:	Face-to-face interview; Psychological measurements; Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Weighting:	No information recorded

Keywords

ABILITY	ABSENTEEISM	ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
AGE	AGGRESSIVENESS	ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS	AMPHETAMINES	ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA
ANXIETY	APPRENTICESHIP	ASPIRATION
ASSAULT	ATTITUDES	BALL GAMES
BED SHARING	BIRTH ORDER	BOYS
BURGLARY	CANNABIS	CATHOLICISM
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS	CHILD BEHAVIOUR	CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD PSYCHOLOGY	CHILDBIRTH	CHILDREN
CLUBS	COLLOQUIAL LANGUAGE	CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES	CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS	CONVICTIONS (LEGAL)
CRIME	CRIMINAL DAMAGE	DAY RELEASE COURSES
DEBTS	DECISION MAKING	DELINQUENCY
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS	DISCIPLINE	DISEASES
DISMISSAL	DISORDERLY CONDUCT	DRINKING OFFENCES
DRIVING	DRUG ABUSE	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
EDUCATION	EDUCATIONAL ATTENDANCE	EDUCATIONAL TESTS
EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES	EMOTIONAL STATES	EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY	ENGLAND	ETHNIC GROUPS
EXAMINATIONS	EXPENDITURE	FAMILIES
FAMILY DISORGANIZATION	FAMILY ENVIRONMENT	FAMILY ROLES
FAMILY SIZE	FATHERS	FATHER'S ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
FATHER'S EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND	FRAUD	FRIENDS
GAMBLING	GRANDPARENTS	GREATER LONDON
HEALTH	HEIGHT (PHYSIOLOGY)	HETEROSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS
HIGHER EDUCATION	HOLIDAYS	HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSING	HOUSING AGE	HOUSING FACILITIES
HOUSING TENURE	IDENTITY	ILLEGITIMATE PERSONS
INCOME	INFANTS	INJURIES
INTELLIGENCE	INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS	JOB SATISFACTION
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY	LABOUR COMPLICATIONS	LATERALITY
LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES	LIVING CONDITIONS	LSD (DRUG)
MARITAL STATUS	MARRIAGE	MEDICAL CARE
MORAL BEHAVIOUR	MOTHERS	MOTHER'S EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
MOTOR VEHICLES	NEUROTIC DISORDERS	OCCUPATIONAL STATUS
OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING	OCCUPATIONS	OFFENCES
PARENT ATTITUDE	PARENTAL DEPRIVATION	PARENTAL ENCOURAGEMENT
PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP	PARENTS	PATHOLOGY
PATIENTS	PEER-GROUP RELATIONSHIPS	PERSONAL APPEARANCE
PERSONAL HYGIENE	PERSONALITY	PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
PLACE OF RESIDENCE	POLICE SERVICES	POVERTY
PREGNANCY	PRIMARY EDUCATION	PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS	PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS	PSYCHOTHERAPY
RACIAL PREJUDICE	READING SKILLS	RECIDIVISM
RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE	RENTS	RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY
ROAD ACCIDENTS	ROOM SHARING	ROOMS
SAVINGS	SCHOOL-LEAVING	SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE
SCHOOL-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP	SECONDARY EDUCATION	SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SEIZURES	SELF-ESTEEM	SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR
SHOPLIFTING	SIBLINGS	SICK LEAVE
SLEEP DISORDERS	SLUMS	SMOKING
SOCIABILITY	SOCIAL ACTIVITIES (LEISURE)	SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE	SOCIAL INTERACTION	SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SUPPORT	SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN	SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS
SPECTACLES	SPORT	SPORT SPECTATORSHIP
SPORTS CLUBS	STANDARD OF LIVING	STUDENT ATTITUDE
STUDENT BEHAVIOUR	TATTOOING	TAX AVOIDANCE
THEFT	TOBACCO	TOILET TRAINING
TRAFFIC OFFENCES	TRAINING	TRUANCY
TRUST	UNEMPLOYED	WAGES
WEIGHT (PHYSIOLOGY)	WORK ATTITUDE	WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING MOTHERS	YOUTH CLUBS	YOUTH GANGS

Administrative and access information

Date of release:
First edition:	27 July 1988
Copyright:	No information recorded
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