THE SERVICE-RELATED EXPERIENCE OF A SAMPLE OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS
Abstract
FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION, OBTAINED FROM SELECTIVE SERVICE RECORDS AND SERVICE RECORDS OF THE ARMY, NAVY, AND AIR FORCE, WAS ANALYZED FOR A SAMPLE OF FAIRLY SERIOUS JUVENILE DELINQUENTS, AND FOR A CONTROL GROUP RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM THE SAME AREA. RESULTS ARE PRESENTED FOR 470 DELINQUENTS AND 828 CONTROLS FOR WHOM INFORMATION WAS FOUND IN SELECTIVE SERVICE RECORDS. TABLES ARE PRESENTED FOR THE NUMBER OF CASES IN SERVICE AND NOT IN SERVICE, FOR THE EXPERIENCE AT SELECTIVE SERVICE OF THOSE HAVING NO ACTIVE DUTY, AND FOR THE NUMBERS IN DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF SERVICE, FOR THE TWO GROUPS. OUTCOME IN THE ARMY, NAVY, AND AIR FORCE, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO DISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS, IS PRESENTED FOR BOTH GROUPS. A FURTHER BREAKDOWN FOR BOTH JUVENILE AND CONTROL GROUPS IS PRESENTED BY AGE AND COMPONENT FOR THOSE WHO ENTERED THE ARMY. A BREAKDOWN OF IN-SERVICE EXPERIENCE BY AGE IS PRESENTED FOR THE AIR FORCE AND NAVY. IT WAS FOUND THAT OVER ALL SERVICES, ABOUT HALF THE FORMER JUVENILE DELINQUENT GROUP HAD UNSATISFACTORY OUTCOMES, PRIMARILY AS INDICATED BY A DISCHARGE OTHER THAN AN HONORABLE ONE, AND THAT THERE WERE NO MARKED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SERVICES IN THIS RESPEPECT. IN THE CONTROL GROUP THE PROPORTION UNSATISFACTORY BY THE SAME DEFINITION WAS ABOUT ONE IN EIGHT
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0250529
Entities
People
- Merrill Roff
Organizations
- University of Minnesota