Reply to Jensen

Article Abstract:

Gary F. Jensen's criticism of a 1995 article assessing institutional anomie theory appears to misread the hypotheses. Jensen incorrectly believes the article's theory posits a positive correlation between poverty and crime rates when noneconomic institutions are strong. However, the hypothesis actually states that the poverty-crime correlation is weakest when divorce rates are low and religious and voting participation are high. The research does support institutional anomie theory, despite Jensen's criticism.

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Limitations in the use of longitudinal self-report data: a comment

Article Abstract:

Sung Joon Jang's (1999) findings on the link between age and crime in the National Youth Survey (NYS) are incorrect. Jang makes the mistake of creating an overly broad definition of delinquency and reaches the wrong conclusions by excluding wave-1 delinquency information from the NYS longitudinal data. Jang compounds his errors by failing to monitor the parameters and reliability coefficients obtained from his cohort-specific age-crime trajectories.

Usage, Longitudinal method, Peer pressure, Crime and age, Longitudinal studies

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Comment on Chamlin and Cochran

Article Abstract:

Mitchell Chamlin's and John K. Cochran's 1995 analysis of institutional anomie data and the effect of noneconomic institutions on crime contradicts their specific hypotheses. They had expected to find lower crime and poverty rate among people with low divorce rates and high religious affiliation and voting rates. However, their conclusions appear to contradict their theory and do not support anomie theory.

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