The challenge of special needs education in school-based delinquency research

Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-17

  Kivivuori, Janne ^a   Salmi, Venla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Correlates of delinquency; Prevalence and incidence of delinquency; School based delinquency research; Self report delinquency survey; Special needs education students

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449646810     PISSN: 14043858     EISSN: 16512340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14043850902814530     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Cernkovich SA, Giordano PC, Pugh MD (1985). Chronic Offenders: the Missing Cases in Self-Report Delinquency Research. Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 76(3): 705-732.
2. Fan X, Miller BC, Park K-E, Winward BW, Christensen M, Grotevant M, Tai RH (2006). An exploratory study about inaccuracy and invalidity in adolescent self-report surveys. Field Methods 18(3): 223-244.
3. Farnworth M, Thornberry TP, Krohn MD, Lizotte A (1994). Measurement in the Study of Class and Delinquency: Integrating Theory and Research. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 31(1): 32-61.
4. Hagan J, McCarthy J (1999). Mean Streets: Youth Crime and Homelessness. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
5. Institute of Education Sciences (2007). The Condition of Education. US Department of Education. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office.
6. Jensen J, Lindgren M, Wirsén Meurling A, Ingvar DH, Levander S (1999). Dyslexia Among Swedish Prison Inmates in Relation to Neuropsychology and Personality. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 5: 452-461.
7. Junger-Tas J, Marshall IH (1999). The Self-Report Methodology in Crime Research. In: Tonry M (ed.). Crime and Justice: a Review of Research. Vol. 25. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
8. Kivivuori J (2007). Delinquent Behaviour in Nordic Capital Cities. Publication no. 227. Helsinki: Scandinavian Research Council for Criminology/National Research Institute of Legal Policy.
9. Kollisch T, Oberwittler D (2004). Wie ehrlich berichten mannliche Jugendliche uber ihr delinquents Verhalten? [How Honestly Male Adolescents Report About Their Delinquent Behaviour?] Kolner Zeitschrift fur Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 56(4): 708-735.
10. Maguin E, Loeber R (1996). Academic Performance and Delinquency. In: Tonry M (ed.). Crime and Justice: a Review of Research. Vol. 20. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
11. Naplava T, Oberwittler D (2002). Methode-neffekte bei der Messung selbstberichteter Delinquenz von mannlichen Jugendlichen [Methodological Effects in the Measurement of Self-Reported Delinquency Among Males]. Monatsschrift fur Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform 85(6): 401-423.
12. OECD (2007).Studentswithdisabilities, learning difficulties and disadvantages. Policies, statistics and indicators. http://www.oecd.org/document/45/0,3343,en_2649_39263231_35669869_1_1_1_1,00.html (accessed 1 April 2009).
13. Porterfield AL (1946). Youth in Trouble. Fort Worth: Leo Potishman Foundation.
14. Powell J (2006). Special Education and the Risk of Becoming Less Educated. European Societies 8(4): 577-599.
15. Quinn M, Rutherford R, Osher D, Poirier J (2005). Youth with Disabilities in Juvenile Corrections: a National Survey. Exceptional Children 71(3): 339-345.
16. Register of Educational Institutions (2003). Statistics Finland. Upublished data set.
17. Shannon D (2006). Chronic Offenders or Socially Disadvantaged Youth? Institutionalized Males as Missing Cases in School-based Delinquency Research. Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention 7(1): 78-100.
18. Statistics Finland (2007). Education Statistics. Helsinki. http://www.stat.fi/til/erop/index_en.html (accessed 1 April 2009).
19. Stattin H, Magnusson D (1989). Social transition in adolescence: a biosocial perspective. In: Ribaupierre A (ed.). Transition Mechanisms in Child Development: the Longitudinal Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
20. Stephenson M (2007). Young People and Offending: Education, Youth Justice and Social Inclusion. Cullompton: Willan Publishing.
21. Stone AA, Turkkan JS, Bacrach CA, Jobe JB, Kurtzman HS, Cain VS (eds) (2000). The Science of Self-Report: Implications for Research and Practice. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
22. Thornberry TP, Krohn MD (2000). The Self-Report Method of Measuring Delinquency and Crime. In: Measurement and Analysis of Criminal Justice. Criminal Justice 2000. Vol. 4. National Institute of Justice. http://www.ncjrs.org/criminal_justice2000/vol_4/04b.pdf (accessed 1 April 2009).
23. Thornberry TP, Krohn MD (2003). Comparison of Self-Report and Official Data for Measuring Crime. In: Pepper JV, Petrie CV (eds). Measurement Problems in Criminal Justice Research. Workshop Summary. National Research Council of the National Academies. Washington DC: The National Academies Press.
24. Tourangeau R, McNeeley M (2003). Measuring Crime and Crime Victimization: Methodological Issues. In: Pepper JV, Petrie CV (eds). Measurement Problems in Criminal Justice Research. Workshop Summary.
25. National Research Council of the National Academies. Washington DC: The National Academies Press.
26. Winters CA (1997). Learning Disabilities, Crime, Delinquency and Special Education Placement. Adolescence 32(126): 451-463.
27. Wright BRE, Caspi A, Moffitt TE, Miech RA, Silva PA (1999). Reconsidering the relationship between SES and delinquency: causation but not correlation. Criminology 37(1): 175-194.