Drug abuse violation arrest rates by age, time period, and cohort, 1965-1984, 1987

Wilson, Angela Denise

1980-1989

This thesis examines the relationship of drug abuse violations of three variables: age, time period, and cohort over a 20-year period. By utilizing drug abuse violation statistics from the Uniform Crime Reports, this study tests Richard Easterlins cohort hypothesis. Easterlins hypothesis suggests that crime rates will fluctuate according to the relative size of age cohorts. That is, large cohorts will generate higher arrest rates than small cohorts. This hypothesis was tested as it applied to arrest rates for drug abuse violations. The findings disclosed that both age and cohort, but not period, had a significant relationship to arrest rates for drug abuse violations. The variable age had a more significant relationship to arrest ates for drug abuse violations than did cohort. Therefore, Easterlins hypothesis is not confirmed.

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1987-07-01

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Master of Arts (MA)

Atlanta University

School of Arts and Sciences, Criminal Justice Administration

Murty, Komanduri S.

Clark Atlanta University

Georgia--Atlanta

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1987_wilson_angela_d