Validation of the crime and violence scale (CVS) against the rasch measurement model including differences by gender, race, and age

Evaluation Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-115

  Conrad, Kendon J ^a   Riley, Barth B ^b   Conrad, Karen M ^a,c   Chan, Ya Fen ^b   Dennis, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c Program Metrics   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime seriousness; Criminality measurement; Global appraisal of individual needs (GAIN); Item response theory; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE; RAPE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; RAPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949523083     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X10362162     Document Type: Article

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