Wilkstrom and Tafel - 2003 Flashcards
Aim - other
To study the interaction between individuals life style risk and influence on offending
What are the 2 factors
Poverty
Disadvantages
Design
Cross sectional Snapshot Questionnaires in 2000 - 01 Data was from neighbourhood (Peterborough census) 20% of original same was interviewed
What was the response rate
92%
Which crimes did they study
Violence Burglary Shoplifting Theft Vandalism
How many participants
1957 students from 13 state schools in Peterborough area Aged 14-15 yrs
What were the results
People who commit many crimes, commit a wide range of crimes Offenders were victimised more than non offenders Offenders were more often drunk than other drugs
Quant results
44.8% (45) males - committed at least 1 crime 30.6% (31) females- committed at least 1 crime 9.8% males- committed a serious crime of theft 3.8% females- committed a serious crime of theft One in 8 offenders - reported to or caught by the police for their last committed crime
Explanatory factors
The study covers a wide range of factors that may pre-dispose to criminality activity: 5 factors (other Qs) Youths with many individual risk factors offend frequently, while youth with many individual protective factors rarely offend Youth were the most important; individual characteristics + the way they lived lives, which strongly affected their involvement in crime
The factors that pre-dispose criminality
Family social position Individual characteristics Social situations Lifestyle activities Community complex
What was concluded here
The findings suggest the presence of 3 groups of adolescent of offenders 1. Propensity - induced = youth have an enduring propensity to offend 2. Lifestyle dependent = this group highly depends on lifestyle
Aim
To study a range of factors and to identify which are the most significant in predicting the future criminality
