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This study examines juvenile arrest histories of the 1970 birth cohort in Japan, with special reference to the relationship between age and crime. The data consist of official records of juvenile arrests of 7,442 males and 2,584 females, collected at a prefectural police headquarters near Tokyo. Findings include: (1) Age-and-crime relationships vary considerably by offense type and by dimension of criminal career, (2) There are substantial differences that can hardly be attributed to different criminal justice practices in age-and-crime relationships between the United States and Japan, (3) Criminal behavior of school-aged youths in Japan is related with time since school entry in a more consistent fashion than with biological age.
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Harada, Y. (1994). A Longitudinal Analysis of Juvenile Arrest Histories of the 1970 Birth Cohort in Japan. In: Weitekamp, E.G.M., Kerner, HJ. (eds) Cross-National Longitudinal Research on Human Development and Criminal Behavior. NATO ASI Series, vol 76. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0864-5_3
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