TY - JOUR PY - 1984// TI - Self-report and official measures: A further examination of the validity issue JO - Journal of criminal justice A1 - Lab, S. P. A1 - Allen, Roy B. SP - 445 EP - 455 VL - 12 IS - 5 N2 - The relationship between self-report and official measures of crime remains unclarified. Adequate examinations of the comparability of the two measures have been limited because of the difficulty of obtaining both official and self-report data on the same subjects. In the present study, the authors use police records and self-report data on police contacts for members of a birth cohort, and find a substantial level of agreement between the two data sources. However, by incorporating data on police contact seriousness and a variety of demographic characteristics, the authors find some evidence of under- and over-reporting by various groups of cohort members. The authors suggest reasons for both the over- and under-reporting, and offer suggestions for future research.

LA - SN - 0047-2352 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0047-2352(84)90092-8 ID - ref1 ER -