Presents evidence that patterns of neighborhood involvement during a 1968 racial disturbance resembled prior neighborhood delinquency patterns, and suggests that riots represent a direct continuity rather than a sharp discontinuity with pre-existing social conditions. The adequacy of a social control model to explain similarities between…

Data from a national sample of 13 to 16 year old boys and girls are examined for empirical evidence of a conceptual distinction between delinquent behavior and official delinquency--e.g., apprehended and recorded delinquent behavior. (Author/JM)

Reports research attempting to test the labelling theory" approach to deviance by comparing a publically deviant" group of seventh, eighth, and ninth grade pupils with a similar group of pupils with no known history of delinquency. (JM)

Deals with the personal relevance of infraction" in variable sociocultural contexts by examining the association between delinquency and adolescent self-conceptions among junior and senior high school students differentiated on the basis of race and status. (Author/JM)