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Bursik, Robert J., Jr. – Social Forces, 1980
Discusses problems with the use of stochastic (probabilistic) models for the analysis of juvenile offense data. Analyzes longitudinal data for White and non-White delinquents which show significant evidence of offense specialization and a random distribution of offenses if no specialization occurs. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Delinquency, Models, Probability

Palmore, Erdman; Whittington, Frank J. – Social Forces, 1970
By using an equality index to measure the amount of overlap between percentage distributions of whites and nonwhites, it is shown that nonwhites have substantially progressed toward equality in income, education, occupation, employment, and housing. (JM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Housing Discrimination