ABSTRACT
Thus far we have been concerned only with the first prediction of opportunity theory–that the impact on delinquency of being lower class will be greater for youth living in lower-class areas than for youth living in middle-class areas. This chapter contains a test of the second prediction–that cities with relatively large numbers of lower-class people living in predominantly middle-class areas of the city, and relatively large numbers of middle-class people living in predominantly lower-class areas of the city, will have relatively low delinquency rates. Henceforth, this prediction will be referred to as the inter-city prediction.
