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Self-Reported Versus Official Offending

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Other than official data, self-report data is the second most utilized source for information on offending. Recognizing the inherent limitations of official and self-report data in terms of sources for crime measurement, this chapter provides an in-depth exploration into the prevalence and frequency of offending among the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development males with a specific focus on the similarities, differences, and overlap across offending estimates from the two crime data sources (official versus self-report). The ratio of self-reported to official offenses is also reviewed and disaggregated by offense type.

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  1. Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    David P. Farrington

  2. Program in Criminology, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA

    Alex R. Piquero

  3. Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Wesley G. Jennings

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Farrington, D.P., Piquero, A.R., Jennings, W.G. (2013). Self-Reported Versus Official Offending. In: Offending from Childhood to Late Middle Age. SpringerBriefs in Criminology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6105-0_4

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