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11 Criminology 61 (1973-1974)
Age Composition and the Increase in Recorded Crime

handle is hein.journals/crim11 and id is 61 raw text is: AGE COMPOSITION AND THE INCREASE IN RECORDED CRIME Charles F. Wellford the examination of the impact of changes in the age composition of the U.S. population on the level of crime has been examined recently by Sagi and Wellford (1968), the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Adminis- tration of Justice (1967: 207-210), and Ferdinand (1970). Each of these has demonstrated that, by adjusting for the differential growth in those age categories that account for most of the recorded crime, one could account for a large portion of the assumed increase in the rate of index crime since 1958. Sagi and Wellford (1968) and the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice (1967), by using refined age categories, estimated that approximately 50% of the increase in the volume of index offenses and 25% of the offense ratio (i.e., total index crimes known to police divided by total population) could be explained by changes in the age composition of the popu- lation.' Ferdinand (1970), using only gross age categories (10-24 and 25+), estimated that age composition accounted for 12% of the increase in the volume of index offenses. CHARLES F. WELLFORD has his doctorate in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania and is currently an Associate Professor of Criminology, Florida State University.

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