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Other than official data, self-report data is the second most utilized source for information on offending. Recognizing the inherent limitations of official and self-report data in terms of sources for crime measurement, this chapter provides an in-depth exploration into the prevalence and frequency of offending among the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development males with a specific focus on the similarities, differences, and overlap across offending estimates from the two crime data sources (official versus self-report). The ratio of self-reported to official offenses is also reviewed and disaggregated by offense type.
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Farrington, D.P., Piquero, A.R., Jennings, W.G. (2013). Self-Reported Versus Official Offending. In: Offending from Childhood to Late Middle Age. SpringerBriefs in Criminology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6105-0_4
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