Self-reported delinquency as an evaluation measure: Comparative Reliability and Validity of Alternative Weighting Schemes

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1980, Pages 369-386

  Blakely, Craig H ^a   Kushler, Martin G ^a   Parisian, Julia A ^a   Davidson, William S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84970520968     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009385488000700402     Document Type: Article

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