Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development [Great Britain], 1961-1981 (ICPSR 8488)

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David P. Farrington

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This data collection effort, initiated by Dr. Donald J. West and continued by Dr. David Farrington, was undertaken to test several hypotheses about delinquency. The investigators examined socioeconomic conditions, schooling, friendship, parent-child relationships, extracurricular activities, school records, and criminal records. They also performed psychological tests to determine the causes of crime and delinquency. Information in the survey includes reports from peers, family size, child-rearing behavior, job histories, leisure habits, truancy, popularity, physical attributes, tendencies toward violence, sexual activity, and self-reported delinquency.

Farrington, David P. Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development [Great Britain], 1961-1981. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-11-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08488.v2

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1961 -- 1981
1984
  1. A knowledge of British criminal justice terminology would be helpful for those using the data. Various British governmental and law enforcement institutions are mentioned. Variables concerning the socioeconomic status of respondents, schools attended, and personality characteristics use code explanations that are not fully documented. The principal investigator has offered to consult with researchers on the use of the data. Contact Professor David Farrington, Institute of Criminology, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DT, England.

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The major part of the sample was chosen by taking all boys aged 8-9 who were on the registers of six state primary schools located within a one-mile radius of a research office that had been established.

Population of young male children from a working-class urban area in Cambridge.

personal interviews

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1986-08-18

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:

  • Farrington, David P. Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development [Great Britain], 1961-1981. ICPSR08488-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1994. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08488.v2

2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable, and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to reflect these additions.

1986-08-18 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

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# ADULT CONVICTIONS

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# CIGARETTES SMOKED-DAY

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# GIRLS - LAST 6 MONTHS

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# JOBS SINCE LEFT SCHL

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# JOBS SINCE SCHOOL

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# JUVENILE CONVICTIONS

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# OF ADULT CONVICTIONS

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# OF CONVICTIONS (10-24)

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# OF CONVICTIONS 10-13

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# OF CONVICTIONS 14-16

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# OF CONVICTIONS 17-20

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# OF CONVICTIONS 21-24

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# OF JUVENL CONVICTIONS

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1ST ATMP CONTAC BOY-FAM

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2ND ENJOY LEISURE ACTIV

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3RD ENJOY LEISURE ACTIV

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>OR=1 P-WK,GAMB UND AGE

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ACCIDENTS AND ILLNESSES

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ACCIDENTS WHILE DRIVING

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ACTING OUT

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ADJUSTMENT AT HOME

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ADVENTUROUSNESS OF BOY

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AGE 1ST SEXUAL INTRCRSE

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AGE 1ST SMOKED REGULAR

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AGE AT INTERVIEW

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AGE AT INTERVIEW

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AGE AT INTERVIEW

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AGE COHORT OF BOY

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AGE FIRST CONVICTED

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AGE IN MONTHS - RAW DATA

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AGE LEFT HOME

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AGE OF BOY AT TEST

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AGE OF BOY AT TEST

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AGE OF BOY IN MONTHS

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AGE OF FATHER

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AGE OF MOTHER

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AGE ON MARRIAGE

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AGE ON MARRIAGE

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AGREEMENT WITH FATHER

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AGREEMENT WITH MOTHER

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AMOUNT BET-CARDS-MONTH

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AMOUNT BET-DOGS-MONTH

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AMOUNT BET-HORSES-MONTH

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AMOUNT BET-POOLS-MONTH

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AMOUNT SAVED PER WEEK

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AMOUNT SAVED UP

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ANTI-ESTABLISH ATTITUDE

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ANTI-FOREIGNER ATTITUDE

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ANTISOCIAL GROUPS COMB

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ANTISOCIAL TENDENCY

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This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.