NCJ Number
38214
Date Published
1976
Length
23 pages
Annotation
A STUDY ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN CRIMINALITY AND MACRO-SOCIAL VARIABLES BASED ON 21 PREDICTOR VARIABLES (E.G., ECONOMIC, DEMOGRAPHIC, TRAFFIC, MENTAL HEALTH, AND SOCIAL WELFARE) AND 15 CRITERION VARIABLES.
Abstract
THE CRITERION VARIABLES (E.G., PRISON POPULATION AND CRIME RATES) AS WELL AS THE PREDICTOR VARIABLES WERE COLLECTED FROM OFFICIAL STATISTICS. THE DATA OVER 10 YEARS AND 14 COUNTRIES WERE ANALYZED BY MEANS OF FACTOR ANALYSIS, MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS, AND CANONICAL DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS. ALTHOUGH MANY RESULTS WERE INCONCLUSIVE, LARGE DIFFERENCES IN RELATIONS BETWEEN COUNTRIES AND YEARS WERE FOUND AND THE PRESENCE OF A GENERAL 'GROWTH FACTOR' IS SUGGESTED.