TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Self-reported youth delinquency in Europe and beyond: First results of the Second International Self-Report Delinquency Study in the context of police and victimization data
JO  - European journal of criminology
A1  - Enzmann, D.
A1  - Marshall, Ineke Haen
A1  - Killias, M.
A1  - Junger-Tas, J.
A1  - Steketee, M.
A1  - Gruszczynska, B.
SP  - 159
EP  - 183
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
N2  - This article reports on the first results of the Second International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD-2), a large international collaborative study of delinquency and victimization of 12—15-year-old students. The analysis is based on a subsample of the data set: 43,968 respondents from 63 cities and 31 countries. The prevalence rates of the major categories of delinquency, both for individual countries as well as for 6 country clusters, are presented as well as data for victimization experiences (theft and robbery/extortion). Using different measures, significant differences in level and type of offending are found between country clusters, with the Western European and Anglo-Saxon countries generally (but not always) scoring highest, followed by Northern Europe, Latin American and Mediterranean countries, with post-socialist countries at the bottom. The results for victimization experiences do not follow this pattern. The second part of the article compares ISRD-2 offending and victimization rates with two other main sources of internationally available crime-related statistics: International Crime Victim Survey (ICVS) data and European Sourcebook (i.e. police-based) data. The analyses show a moderate level of support for a convergence of different measures. The article concludes with implications and suggestions for further research.<p />
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SN  - 1477-3708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477370809358018
ID  - ref1
ER  -