G543 - Upbringing - Wilkstrom And Tafel

Question 1

What method of data collection was used?

Answer 1

Self-report

Question 2

What design was used?

Answer 2

Snap-shot/cross-sectional

Question 3

How many boys and girls was the questionnaire distributed to? What year were they in, what age?

Answer 3

200 boys and girls in year 10 aged 14-15

Question 4

What was the return rate for the questionnaire?

Answer 4

93%

Question 5

Who were then selected for participation in a more in-depth interview process?

Answer 5

A random subset of approximately 20% of respondents

Question 6

What was the more in-depth interview process?

Answer 6

Space-time budget analysis

Question 7

What 5 key risk factors were found to make offending more likely?

Answer 7

• weak family and school bonds
• truancy
• social class
• disadvantaged neighbourhood
• poor self-control

Question 8

What three groups of adolescent offender were identified?

Answer 8

Situationally limited offenders
Life-style dependent offenders
Propensity-induced offenders

Question 9

What were situationally limited offenders?

Answer 9

Well-adjusted youths who may offend if they have a risky life-style. They are unlikely to turn to a life of crime

Question 10

What are life-style dependent offenders? What does involvement in crime depend on?what may be a major reason for offending?

Answer 10

Neither poorly nor well adjusted youths. Involvement in crime depends on whether their life-style frequently brings them into situations of risk. Poor influence may be a major reason for offending

Question 11

What are propensity-induced offenders? Likely to have a high what? Regardless of?

Answer 11

Poorly adjusted individuals likely to have a high rate of offending regardless of life-style risk

Question 12

What did they aim to analyse the relationship between?

Answer 12

Individual factors, lifestyle risk and adolescent offending