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Child guidance and delinquency in a London borough

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Dennis Gath ,
Brian Cooper  and
F. E. G. Gattoni
Dennis Gath
Affiliation:
From the University Department of Psychiatry, Oxford, the Institute of Psychiatry, London, and the London School of Economics
Brian Cooper
Affiliation:
From the University Department of Psychiatry, Oxford, the Institute of Psychiatry, London, and the London School of Economics
F. E. G. Gattoni
Affiliation:
From the University Department of Psychiatry, Oxford, the Institute of Psychiatry, London, and the London School of Economics
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Synopsis

Patterns of child guidance referral and of juvenile delinquency in a metropolitan borough were examined in relation to neighbourhood and school. The two sets of rates showed similar trends among 20 electoral wards, both being related to socioeconomic indices. They also varied widely among the 100 schools in the borough, being higher for schools of low privilege in the educational system. The school rates appeared to vary independently of neighbourhood effects.

Type
Preliminary communication
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , May 1972 , pp. 185 - 191
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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