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The developmental sequences of events underlying persistence in criminal convic...
Basto-Pereira, Miguel; Jolliffe, Darrick; Farrington, David P.The relationship between multiple vulnerabilities experienced and accumulated during development, and later life-course persistent offending trajectories is well-established. However, no studies have yet systematically examined how the sequences in which these vulnerabilities are experienced may influence the persistence of criminal behaviour into adulthood. Therefore, this work investigated how the sequences i...
An assessment of the key construct of the Integrated Cognitive Antisocial Poten...
Gomes, Hugo Miguel Santos; Jesus, Beatriz; Maia, Angela; McGee, Tara; Farrington, David P.Antisocial Potential is the key construct of the Integrated Cognitive Antisocial Potential (ICAP) theory, and it has been measured by the antisocial attitude (AA) scale. The ICAP theory is one of the main theoretical frameworks in developmental and life-course criminology. The present study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the AA scale in the Portuguese adolescent population. Our sample was compr...
Developmental predictors of offending and persistence in crime: A systematic re...
Basto-Pereira, Miguel; Farrington, David P.Meta-analyses have provided major findings about developmental predictors of offending. However, there has been little focus on their relative ability to predict offending behaviour. Therefore, we conducted a systematic review of meta-analyses with two aims: 1) to summarize all well-established knowledge about developmental (explanatory) predictors of offending, and 2) to sort those predictors according to thei...
Measuring self-serving cognitive distortions with special reference to juvenile...
Gomes, Hugo S.; Andrade, Joana; Ferreira, Marcos; Peixoto, Maria Manuela; Farrington, David P.; Maia, AngelaThe present study aims to test the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the "How I Think" (HIT) questionnaire. The HIT questionnaire is a self-report measure of self-serving cognitive distortions. Our sample was comprised of 442 Portuguese-speaking adolescents and young adults (254 males and 188 females), aged between 12 and 20 years. Of the total 442 participants, 351 were recruited from a Port...
Field experiments on dishonesty and stealing: what have we learned in the last ...
Gomes, Hugo S.; Farrington, David P.; Defoe, Ivy N.; Maia, AngelaObjectivesField experiments combine the benefits of the experimental method and the study of human behavior in real-life settings, providing high internal and external validity. This article aims to review the field experimental evidence on the causes of offending.MethodsWe carried out a systematic search for field experiments studying stealing or monetary dishonesty reported since 1979.ResultsThe search proces...
How sensitive are self-reports of offending?: the impact of recall periods on q...
Gomes, Hugo S.; Farrington, David P.; Krohn, Marvin D.; Maia, AngelaAlthough research on sensitive topics has produced a large body of knowledge on how to improve the quality of self-reported data, little is known regarding the sensitivity of offending questions, and much less is known regarding how topic sensitivity is affected by recall periods. In this study, we developed a multi-dimensional assessment of item sensitivity in order to assess and rank the sensitivity of offend...
The impact of modes of administration on self-reports of offending: evidence fr...
Gomes, Hugo S.; Farrington, David P.; Krohn, Marvin D.; Cunha, Ana; Jurdi, Julia; Sousa, Barbara; Morgado, Diogo; Hoft, Joseph; Hartsell, ElizabethObjectives Current knowledge about the causes of offending behavior is heavily reliant on self-reports of offending (SRO). However, methodological research on the impact of modes of administration on SRO is very scarce. Further, the existing evidence conflicts with the general knowledge about responding to sensitive questions. In this study, we aimed to test whether SRO are affected by modes of administration. ...
Measurement bias in self-reports of offending: a systematic review of experiments
Gomes, Hugo S.; Farrington, David P.; Maia, Ângela; Krohn, Marvin D.Objectives Self-reported offending is one of the primary measurement methods in criminology. In this article, we aimed to systematically review the experimental evidence regarding measurement bias in self-reports of offending. Methods We carried out a systematic search for studies that (a) included a measure of offending, (b) compared self-reported data on offending between different methods, and (c) used an ex...
Measuring offending: self-reports, official records, systematic observation and...
Gomes, Hugo S.; Maia, Ângela; Farrington, David P.Criminological knowledge can only be as accurate as the measure of crime itself. Concern with crime measurement starts with the definition of crime, which has consequences for the measurement techniques preferred in different domains. The two main methodologies used to measure criminal behaviour are official records (ORs) and self-reports (SRs) of offending. Although some researchers are concerned about ORs bei...