Abstract
This essay offers some suggestions for improvements in causal analysis of criminology. Recommendations are illustrated through examination of one type of juvenile delinquency, "joyriding." On the basis of conclusions drawn from a review of evidence ac cumulated to date on this kind of misbehavior, it is suggested that future research be conducted in terms of more abstract con cepts to which the conflicting variables found in such sources as official records can be assigned. The deficiencies of these docu rnents for research purposes are pointed out and the need is stated for invention of new measuring instruments for the broad er social-psychological dimensions envisaged.
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