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HIERARCHICAL MANAGEMENT MONITORING: A Regional Data Collection System in Delinquency
Author(s) -
CARTWRIGHT DESMONDS.,
HUNTER ROBERT M.,
HOWARD KATHERINE,
HUIZINGA DAVID
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1974.tb00619.x
Subject(s) - juvenile delinquency , data collection , criminology , geography , political science , psychology , sociology , social science
We describe a systematic way of collecting and organizing information on juvenile delinquency. Monthly data are collected from agencies such as police, courts, and corrections, by county and city. These data are aggregated into figures for different levels of administrative responsibility (such as counties, districts, areas, states, and region as a whole). Trends in monthly values are automatically detected, and sudden changes in rates are signaled. Agencies at each administrative level receive appropriate feedback of data on rates, trends, and signals .