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Peer reviewedBraithwaite, John B.; Law, Henry G. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1978
An analysis of self-report delinquency data using four non-metric procedures for structural analysis revealed support for the existence of a general delinquency factor. However, offenses of low seriousness and victimless offenses (drinking and drug-taking items) were only weakly related to this general factor. (Author/CTM)
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Delinquency, Delinquent Behavior, Factor Analysis
