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Youth Delinquency and the Neighbourhood Context

Background. The relationship between crime and place has a long established history, with crime being more prevalent in disadvantaged and disordered neighbourhoods.Theories have focused on physical conditions of the area, socio-structural characteristics of residents and capacity of residents to s

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Youth Delinquency and the Neighbourhood Context

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    1. Youth Delinquency and the Neighbourhood Context Susan McVie and Paul Norris Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime University of Edinburgh

    2. Background

    3. The Edinburgh Study

    4. Edinburgh neighbourhoods

    5. Neighbourhood effects on youth delinquency and drug use

    6. Patterns within neighbourhoods

    7. Variables of interest Ordinal measure of delinquency Based on frequency of involvement in 17 forms of delinquency in the last year (72% prevalence). Highly skewed measure grouped into 6 ordinal categories (0, 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20, 21+) Ordinal measure of cannabis use Based on frequency of cannabis use in last year (29% prevalence). Also highly skewed with many zeros, so grouped into five categories (0, 1, 2-3, 4-10, 11+) Ordinal measure of hard drug use Based on frequency of use of six types of class A or B drugs in the last year (7% prevalence). Even more skewed, grouped into 5 categories (0, 1, 2-3, 4-10, 11+) All measured at sweep 5 (age 16)

    8. Individual level explanatory factors A wide range of individual characteristics have been found to be linked to youth delinquency and drug use.

    9. Individual level correlations

    10. Area level explanatory factors

    11. Area level correlations

    12. Combining area and individual data

    13. Ordinal regression model

    14. Conclusions

    15. Future analysis

    16. Further information www.law.ed.ac.uk/cls/esytc Edinburgh.study@ed.ac.uk

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