NCJ Number
37735
Date Published
1976
Length
5 pages
Annotation
THIS PAPER PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF A STUDY TESTING STATISTICALLY MEASURABLE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN 1960 CENSUS DATA FOR CHICAGO AND CERTAIN SELECTED SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS.
Abstract
SOME OF THE FACTORS CONSIDERED WERE DENSITY AND SIZE OF POPULATION; COMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION WITH REGARD TO AGE, SEX, AND RACE; ECONOMIC STATUS; AND CLIMATE. DATA USED WERE FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND THOSE COMMUNITIES WITHIN A 40 MILE RADIUS WHICH HAD A 1960 POPULATION OF 25,000 OR GREATER. THE APPARATUS USED TO PROCESS THE DATA AND TO TEST THE FACTORS WAS A STEPWISE LINEAR REGRESSION PROGRAM. THE DATA INDICATED THAT THE CRIME RATE OF A COMMUNITY IS HIGHLY RELATED TO THE PERCENTAGE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE POPULATION AND TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.