@article{ref1,
title="Comparing official and self-report records of offending across gender and race/ethnicity in a longitudinal study of serious youthful offenders",
journal="Journal of research in crime and delinquency",
year="2014",
author="Piquero, Alex R. and Schubert, Carol A. and Brame, Robert",
volume="51",
number="4",
pages="526-556",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: Researchers have used both self-reports and official records to measure the prevalence and frequency of crime and delinquency. Few studies have compared longitudinally the validity of these two measures across gender and race/ethnicity in order to assess concordance. <br><br>METHODS: Using data from the Pathways to Desistance, a longitudinal study of 1,354 serious youthful offenders, we compare official records of arrest and self-reports of arrest over seven years. <br><br>RESULTS: Findings show moderate agreement between self-reports and official arrests, which is fairly stable over time and quite similar across both gender and race/ethnicity. We do not find any race differences in the prevalence of official arrests, but do observe a gender difference in official arrests that is not accounted for by self-reported arrests. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Further work on issues on the validity and reliability of different forms of offending data across demographic groups is needed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4278",
doi="10.1177/0022427813520445",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022427813520445"
}