This Brief presents the first major release of findings from the Third
International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD3). ISRD is a major
international research collaboration that now covers some 35 countries.
It surveys young people aged 12 to 16 in their schools, asking about
their experience of crime - both as offenders and as victims - and about
their attitudes to crime and justice and about their home and school
life. ISRD1 was carried out in 1991-1992 and ISRD2 in 2006-2008. ISRD
findings presented here cover the 27 ISRD3 countries for which data are
already available, with a total sample approaching 63,000 young people.
For most of these countries, the samples are drawn from two major
cities.
This volume provides key findings on self-reported offending and on
victimization.Chapter 1 set the scene, and describes the background to
ISRD3. Chapter 2describes the methods used in the survey; respondents
complete the ISRD questionnaire either in paper format or -
increasingly - using a standardized internet program. Chapter 3 covers
key findings on self-reported offending, including the important finding
that preparedness to disclose offending varies according to cultural
context. Chapter 4 presents findings on victimization, including
important new findings on hate crime and the use of parental violence,
as well as coverage of more conventional forms of crime. A final chapter
summarizes the results and draws out their implications.
This Brief will be of interest to researchers in criminology and
criminal justice, as well as related fields such as sociology, public
policy, and psychology. Due tothe groundbreaking methodological analyses
provided, this Brief is essential reading to all who conduct or use
internationally comparative and global survey research.
