Who tells the truth? Former inmates' self-reported arrests vs. official records

Jordan M. Daylor, Dan V. Blalock, Tess Davis, William X. Klauberg, Jeff Stuewig and June P. Tangney

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2019, vol. 63, issue C, 49-57

Abstract: Self-reports are integral to the understanding of a variety of behavioral phenomena, with arrest history being no exception. The current study investigated how accurate self-reports of arrest are when compared to official arrest records, and we also assessed several new predictors of self-report accuracy.

Keywords: Self-report; Assessment; Inmates; Criminal history; Research methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2019.04.002

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