Special Education ETDs

Publication Date

6-1-1979

Abstract

Purpose of the Study: The purpose of the study was to investigate the complex relationships among selected family, educational, and cultural variables and sex to specific indicators of juvenile delinquency. These indicators included: age of the individual at the time the first offense was committed; number of total acts committed; type of offense committed; and percent of the total number of acts committed that were of a particular type of offense.

Procedure: The sample consisted of six hundred male and female juveniles who had come into contact with the law and the juvenile probation department. Data were collected utilizing active files from the Justice System located in the Bernalillo County Courthouse, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The overall relationship between the independent and dependent variables were initially analyzed using canonical correlation. Multiple regression was then used to analyze not only the individual, but also the collective contributions of the independent variables to each dependent variable. A corrected comparison-wise alpha of .0025 was used to test for significance. Results: Canonical correlations showed that the percent of type of delinquent act and the number of delinquent acts were both significantly related to the independent variables.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Special Education

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Special Education

First Committee Member (Chair)

Richard Lane McDowell

Second Committee Member

John Raymond Rinaldi

Third Committee Member

Candace Garrett Schau

Fourth Committee Member

Roger Lee Kroth

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