The concordance of self-reported and officially recorded criminal onset: results from a sample of Australian prisoners$jJason L. Payne, Alex R. Piquero

This study examines the concordance of self-reported and officially recorded criminal onset among a sample of prisoners in Queensland, Australia. Classified into one of four developmental stages, Gwet’s Agreement Coefficient 1 (AC1) is used to examine the concordance of these two popular data source...

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Autor principal: Payne, Jason (Autor)
Otros Autores: Piquero, Alex R.
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
En: Crime & delinquency
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Palabras clave:
Concordance
Official records
Onset
Race
Self-report
Validity
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Sumario:This study examines the concordance of self-reported and officially recorded criminal onset among a sample of prisoners in Queensland, Australia. Classified into one of four developmental stages, Gwet’s Agreement Coefficient 1 (AC1) is used to examine the concordance of these two popular data sources. Analysis is conducted across seven offense types, and comparisons are made between Indigenous and non-Indigenous offenders. Results indicate moderate agreement between self-reports and official records with greater concordance for violent and serious property offenses. With few exceptions, self-reported onset precedes officially recorded onset, and concordance was greater for Indigenous offenders. These findings have important methodological implications for criminological research, in particular, developmental and life-course theory, which emphasizes the theoretical importance of the timing and sequencing of criminal events.
ISSN:1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/0011128716682440