青少年犯罪
人气
犯罪学
少年
社会经济地位
人口
弱势群体
拼写
人口学
心理学
国家(计算机科学)
住所
社会学
社会心理学
政治学
法学
生物
数学
遗传学
人类学
算法
作者
David E. Kalist,Dong-Young Lee
标识
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6237.2009.00601.x
摘要
Objective. We investigate the relationship between first name popularity and juvenile delinquency to test the hypothesis that unpopular names are positively correlated with crime. Methods. To compare the names of juveniles in a state's population with the names of juveniles who received substantiated charges in that state's juvenile justice system, we construct a popularity name index. Regression analysis is used to examine the relationship among names, crime, and socioeconomic background of juveniles. Results. The distribution of first names in the state's population is different from the names of juvenile delinquents. Our results show that unpopular names are positively correlated with juvenile delinquency for both blacks and whites. Conclusions. Unpopular names are likely not the cause of crime but correlated with factors that increase the tendency toward juvenile delinquency, such as a disadvantaged home environment and residence in a county with low socioeconomic status.
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