A cross-cultural study of correlates of crime

"As the opportunity for contact with the father decreases, the frequency of both Theft and Personal Crime increases" (294).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Pearson’s product-moment correlation	Supported	p<.01	.58 (theft); .44 (personal crime)	`UNKNOWN`

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Ayres, Barbara	1974	". . . raiding is positively related to duration of the postpartum sex taboo (P=.004) and negatively related to the amount of contact between father and infant (P=.035)" (248)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bacon, Margaret K.	1963	". . . personal crime is correlated with a suspicious or distrustful attitude toward the environment" (299).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bacon, Margaret K.	1963	"Frequency of Theft is positively related to Sense of Property . . ." (297).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Textor, Robert B.	1967	In societies where the incidence of personal crime is low, polygynous marriage will be less common or occasional (242, 148).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bacon, Margaret K.	1963	"Frequency of Personal Crime shows a significant positive correlation with Dependence Socialization Anxiety . . ." (298).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author