Crime causation study : unraveling juvenile delinquency. 1963.

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Crime causation study : unraveling juvenile delinquency. 1963.

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The purpose of this longitudinal study was to examine the multifaceted causes of juvenile delinquency. The Gluecks investigated possible contributions to crime causation on four levels: socio-cultural (socioeconomic), somatic (physique), intellectual, and emotional-temperamental. The sample consisted of 1000 white male participants: 500 delinquents and 500 nondelinquents matched on age, intelligence, ethnicity, and neighborhood residence. Data were collected in three waves: 1940-1948 (500 delinquents, 500 nondelinquents); 1948-1956 (461 delinquents, 456 nondelinquents); 1954-1963 (439 delinquents, 456 nondelinquents). Subsequent follow-ups of the nondelinquent participants have been conducted by Dr. George Vaillant in 1969-1978 (N=393) and in 1978-1988 (N=288). Generated from a variety of sources, data included psychological tests (e.g., Rorschach test), the study included semistructured home interviews of the participant and his family, interviews with school personnel, psychiatric and physical examinations of participants, and detailed examination of institutional records. Based on these data, the Gluecks analyzed over 400 factors. The Murray Center has available raw data for 480 delinquent participants (at Time I), including extensive data about participant's criminal history, family history, school history, club membership history, and military history. Numerous social agency and peno-correctional records, ranging from accounts of foster home placement to institutional experiences are also available. Various achievement tests (general, reading, and arithmetic), intelligence test responses and scores, Rorschach Inkblot Test responses and scores, and clinical summaries of psychiatric interviews with the participant constitute the range of available psychological data, along with original case notes. Data are also available for 461 delinquents at Time II, and 439 delinquents at Time III. In addition, the data set includes miscellaneous raw data on 175 delinquents excluded from the active study. Computer-accessible data are available for the original 1000 participants on all measures.

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Glueck, Eleanor Touroff, 1898-1972

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Glueck, Sheldon, 1896-1980

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Criminologist, law professor, legal scholar, playwright. Prof. Harvard Law School, 1929-1963. Director, basic research into causes, management and prevention of juvenile delinquency, 1925-1972. Member, Advisory Comm. on Rules of Criminal Procedure, U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-1942, 1960-1966. Advisor to Justice Robert H. Jackson on War Crimes, 1944-1945. Recipient Isaac Ray award, American Psychological Association, 1961. From the description of Papers, 1916-1972. (Harvard Law School Libr...

Radcliffe College. Henry A. Murray Research Center

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The Henry A. Murray Research Center of Radcliffe College, (formerly the Radcliffe Data Resource and Research Center, 1976-1979) was founded by Radcliffe College in 1976 as a national repository for social science data on the changing life experiences of American women, and to sponsor scholarly research on the impact of social change on women's lives. From the description of Records of the Henry A. Murray Research Center, 1976-1988 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id...