Crime

Crime, Delinquency and School Discipline (Young Men's Cohort Only)

The 1968 survey of schools attended by Young Men and Young Women respondents included two questions on whether school records indicated that the respondent had been committed to or was on probation from a correctional institution. Small numbers of respondents from the Young Men cohort were identified: 19 young men had been committed and 13 young men were on probation.

A related question, also asked as part of the school survey, collected information on whether school records indicated that the respondent had ever been expelled or suspended from school. Records of those schools surveyed indicated that 205 Young Men respondents (R01720.) had been expelled or suspended at some point in their schooling.

User Notes

The scope of the Original Cohort surveys is noninstitutionalized individuals; data on incarceration are not available.

Survey Instruments: These questions can be found on the separate 1968 School Survey and are located on the data file along with the other high school data collected during 1968.