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MEASURING LAMBDA THROUGH SELF‐REPORTS *
Author(s) -
HORNEY JULIE,
MARSHALL INEKE HAEN
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1991.tb01075.x
Subject(s) - rand corporation , corporation , psychology , cohort , demography , sociology , statistics , political science , law , economics , management , mathematics
The Rand Corporation 's pioneering study on self‐reported measures of individual offending rates has generated considerable controversy. In this study, the Rand methodology was refined in an attempt to achieve more precise estimates of λ Individual interviews, a more detailed calendar system, and month‐by‐month reporting were used with an intake cohort of 403 recently convicted male offenders. This paper examines variability in offending rates within individuals, in particular their highest rates and most recent rates, and the implications for measuring λ
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