Juvenile Delinquency in Allerød, 1990

In October 1990 a survey was carried out in the municipality of Allerød comprising all 7th, 8th, and 9th form pupils. The purpose of the survey was to map out and examine spare time activities, attitude to school, relations with parents and other adults, etc. of these children and young people. The survey was initiated by the SSP board of the municipality (a board composed of representatives of the schools, the social welfare authorities and the police), and main emphasis was put on examining the crime rate. # The survey is modelled on similar surveys carried out in Gladsaxe in 1979 (DDA-0285: Juvenile Delinquency in a Suburban Municipality, 1979), and in Gladsaxe and Northern Jutland in 1989 (DDA-1651: Juvenile Delinquency in Gladsaxe and Northern Jutland, 1989). The survey in Allerød makes use of the experiences gained in the other surveys in order to obtain the largest degree of representativity and the best possible basis for a high response percentage