- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Burglary arrest rates by age, period and cohort, 1965-1984, 1987
- Creator:
- Alanzi, Fahad Ead
- Date of Original:
- 1987-12-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The purpose of this study is to test Richard Easterlin's general thesis that large cohorts generate a higher crime rate within a given population than smaller cohorts, regardless of age and time period. To accomplish this purpose, the researcher examined the Uniform Crime Report arrest trends for burglary in relationship to age, cohort, and period from the years 1965 through 1984. Specifically, the study tested the following three hypotheses: 1.There is a significant relationship between age and burglary as measured by the rates of arrests for burglary reported in the Uniform Crime Reports from 1965-1984.This hypothesis is confirmed. 2. There is a significant relationship between time period and burglary as measured by the rates of arrests for burglary reported in the Uniform Crime Reports from 1965-1984. This hypothesis is not confirmed. 3. There is a significant relationship between cohort size and burglary as measured by the rates of arrests for burglary reported in the Uniform Crime Reports from 1965-1984. This hypothesis is confirmed. The researcher found that the variable, cohort, has a more significant relationship to burglary arrest rates than either period or age. The cohort is more significantly related to burglary arrest rates than that of age and cohort together. Therefore, Easterlin1s hypothesis is acceptable for burglaries, that is, "large cohorts generate higher arrest rates for burglary than small cohorts; and, cohort size is more significantly related to burglary arrest rates than age or period."
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1987_alanzi_fahad_ead.pdf
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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