On the Potential Implications of Reports of Fictitious Drug Use for Survey Research on Juvenile Delinquency

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 986-1005

  Meldrum, Ryan Charles ^a   Piquero, Alex R ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

delinquency; false reporting; FYSAS; reliability; untruthfulness; validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DECEPTION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DECEPTION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936108129     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X14522600     Document Type: Article

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