TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - The Self-Report Methodology in Crime Research
JO  - Crime and justice
A1  - Junger-Tas, Josine
A1  - Marshall, Ineke Haen
SP  - 291
EP  - 367
VL  - 25
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N2  - Self-reports are often used in criminological research. Use of self-reports raises a number of important methodological issues including sampling options, participation and response rate concerns, and validity problems related to respondent characteristics, criminal involvement, and memory effects. Other central issues include instrument construction, conceptualization of the dependent variable, administration of the instrument, and reliability. The self-report method has improved greatly over the past fifty years. Many of its problems and limitations have been addressed. Although the self-report method does not replace other measures or methods, it has become a valuable tool for measuring criminal involvement and testing theory.<p />
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SN  - 0192-3234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -