""Delinquency in a Birth Cohort "is a turning point in
criminological research in the United States," writes Norval Morris
in his foreword. "What has been completely lacking until this book
is an analysis of delinquency in a substantial cohort of youths,
the cohort being defined other than by their contact with any part
of the criminal justice system."
This study of a birth cohort was not originally meant to be
etiological or predictive. Yet the data bearing on this cohort of
nearly ten thousand boys born in 1945 and living in Philadelphia
gave rise to a model for prediction of delinquency, and thus to the
possibility for more efficient planning of programs for
intervention. It is expert research yielding significant
applications and, though largely statistical, the analysis is
accessible to readers without mathematical training.
"No serious scholar of the methods of preventing and treating
juvenile delinquency can properly ignore this book."--LeRoy L.
Lamborn, "Law Library Journal"
"The magnitude of [this] study is awesome. . . . It should be a
useful guide for anyone interested in the intricacies of cohort
analysis."--Gary F. Jensen, "American Journal of Sociology"
"A book the student of juvenile delinquency will find
invaluable."--"Criminologist
"
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