Citation

Marshall IH, Neissl K, Markina A. J. Contemp. Crim. Justice 2019; 35(4): 380-385.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1043986219884814

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Abstract

This thematic issue of the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice presents five papers based on the third sweep of the International Self-Report Delinquency study (ISRD3). The ISRD3 is a large, international collaborative self-report study of victimization and delinquency among students between 12 and 16 years old in 35 countries. The methodological background of this project has been extensively detailed in several publications (Enzmann et al., 2018; Junger-Tas, 2012; Marshall & Enzmann, 2012). The first pioneering efforts of the ISRD project (ISRD1) took place in 1991-1992 when 11 researchers from Europe and the United States agreed to collect self-report data in their respective counties, using a basic core instrument, following basic methodological procedures with an aim to achieve comparable data on delinquency. The ISRD1 project was the first internationally comparative criminological project to use the self-report delinquency method (Junger-Tas, 1994; Junger-Tas, Marshall, & Ribeaud, 2003).2 After a lengthy hiatus, between 2006 and 2008, the second round of the ISRD (ISRD2) collected data among more than 67,000 young people in 31 countries. Before launching the third sweep (ISRD3), the ISRD research protocol was revised while taken care to maintain comparability with ISRD2; building on the solid foundation of the earlier sweeps, ISRD3 data collection started in late 2012 and now has been completed in 35 countries.3 The fourth sweep (ISRD4) has been planned for 2020-2022--we will discuss ISRD4 in more detail later in this Introduction.

Although the basic premise and methodology of the ISRD project has not changed since its early beginnings almost 30 years ago, we selected Version 2.0 as the heading for this introduction to emphasize that the data collected as part of the third sweep do incorporate new and improved practices and procedures (Enzmann et al., 2018). In addition, the ISRD3 project was conducted in a fast-changing international context with huge advances in electronic communications and international and global networks. The globalized world has allowed us to expand the network of international collaborating partners, which of course is a huge advantage for a comparative project such as ours...

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