Sponsor
Portland State University. School of Social Work
Date of Publication
1971
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Social Work (MSW)
Department
Social Work
Language
English
Subjects
Juvenile delinquency -- Oregon -- Multnomah County -- Statistics, Juvenile courts -- Oregon -- Multnomah County, Juvenile detention homes -- Oregon -- Multnomah County.
DOI
10.15760/etd.1552
Physical Description
1 online resource (154 p.)
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to determine whether certain personal, socioeconomic, and court-related factors are significantly related to the differential placement of delinquent and dependent children from the detention facility at the Donald E. Long Home. A stratified random sample was composed of 173 placements of children who were held in detention after a preliminary hearing.
The review of literature revealed that little systematic. Information is known regarding the placement process as it is related to differential placement of children from a detention facility.
A code sheet was developed for recording the information in the children’s records maintained by the court. Fourteen variables were ultimately selected for analysis of their relationship to differential placement. These variables were subjected to three statistical approaches; a descriptive analysis of the random sample, testing of the significance of each variable to the alternatives in placement by either Chi square or analyses of variance, and testing of several variables in combination by discriminant function.
This study was limited by the fact that only demographic variables were tested. Although three individual variables were found to have a high degree of significance in relation to placement, the data as produced within the scope of this research project does not provide an effective placement profile. The need for additional research in the area of the differential placement process is clearly indicated. Suggestions are made for future research.
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/10583
Recommended Citation
Brock, Diane C.; Lenz, Anneva E.; Houston, Ann C.; Munn, Richard R.; and Parks, David F., "Predictors of placement from a juvenile detention facility" (1971). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 1553.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.1552
Comments
This is a group project.