TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - A comparison of diversity, frequency, and severity self-reported offending scores among female offending youth
JO  - Psychological assessment
A1  - Oudekerk, Barbara A.
A1  - Erbacher, Monica K.
A1  - Reppucci, N. Dickon
SP  - 738
EP  - 750
VL  - 24
IS  - 3
N2  - Despite general consensus over the value of measuring self-reported offending, discrepancies exist in methods of scoring self-reported offending and the length of the reference period over which offending is assessed. This analysis compared the concurrent interassociations and longitudinal predictive strength of diversity, frequency, and severity offending scores measured over the past 6 months and diversity and severity scores measured "ever" between assessments. For violent offending, different scorings were highly correlated and equally predictive of adulthood offending. For nonviolent offending, there was significant continuity in diversity and severity-weighted diversity scores over the transition to adulthood but not in nonviolent frequency or severity-weighted frequency scores. Results support the use of offending diversity scores rather than offending frequency scores and highlight the importance of examining nonviolent and violent offending as separate constructs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1040-3590
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0026791
ID  - ref1
ER  -