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  title info:
    title: Measuring juvenile crime to compare trends among U.S. states
    sub title: secondary data analysis
  name:
    name part: Tcherni-Buzzeo, Maria
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Case studies
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2018
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: This case study discusses some common problems of crime measurement within the context of secondary data analysis. An investigation into possible reasons behind the falling crime rates is used as a backdrop to illustrate how crime trends can be measured at the state level. One promising explanation for the declines in juvenile delinquency and violence has been tested in the research project described: the increased prescribing of psychotropic medications to children and adolescents. The case study focuses on the dependent variables for this project: changes in juvenile delinquency and violence at the state level. Several possible ways of measuring juvenile delinquency and violence are discussed, with a focus on official sources of data (Uniform Crime Reports arrests, Supplementary Homicide Reports, Vital Statistics) and their applicability and limitations. Besides official statistics, the other two common sources of crime data are also discussed: victimization reports (National Crime Victimization Survey) and self-reports (Monitoring the Future, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System). The project findings are briefly described as well: it turns out that the consumption of psychotropic medications does not seem to be related to the trends in juvenile delinquency or violent outcomes. Instead, child poverty and school services to students with disabilities emerge as two powerful factors related to youth violence: child poverty increases later violence, whereas school-based services to students with learning disabilities decrease violent outcomes.
  target audience: specialized
  note: Maria Tcherni-Buzzeo.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System.
  subject:
    name:
      name part: National Crime Victimization Survey (U.S.)
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Monitoring the Future.
  subject:
    name:
      name part: National Crime Victimization Survey (U.S.)
  subject:
    topic: Juvenile delinquency
    genre: Case studies
  subject:
    topic: Juvenile delinquency
    topic: Prevention
  subject:
    topic: Délinquance juvénile
    genre: Études de cas
  subject:
    topic: Délinquance juvénile
    topic: Prévention
  subject:
    topic: Juvenile delinquency
  subject:
    topic: Juvenile delinquency
    topic: Prevention
  classification: HV9069 .T34 2018
  classification: 364.36
  related item:
    title info:
      title: SAGE Research Methods
      part name: Cases
  identifier: 9781526436962
  identifier: 1526436965
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: SGPBL
    record creation date: 180104
    record change date: 20240923170252.3
    record identifier: in00005493964
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng