Self-Reportedand Officially Defined Offenses in the 1958 Philadelphia Birth Cohort

Development, crime and punishment: accounting for the international differences in crime rates

“…7 The analysis of the differences between data from official records and from surveys is a recurrent subject in applied criminology research. References in this area include Kitsuse and Cicourel (1963), Skogan (1976), Cohen and Land (1984), Biderman and Lynch (1991), Figlio (1994), O'Brien (1996), Levitt (1998) and many others. Although the topics covered in this literature are very diverse, the discussion is almost always centered on national data (where the problem is most likely less serious), and nobody addresses the same problem that we are trying to address here.…”

An Analysis of the Crime as Work Model: Evidence from the 1958 Philadelphia Birth Cohort Study

“…Between thirty and forty percent of the members of each strata were interviewed so that the relative response rate were roughly equal. 6 Figlio (1994) We consider the male population captured in the follow-up survey, and only those for whom we can construct all key variables required for our analysis. Our data set contains observations on 426 men over the ages of 19-24 corresponding to the period 1977 to 1982.…”

Turning from crime: A dynamic perspective

“…Between thirty and forty percent of the members of each strata were interviewed, so that the relative response rate were roughly equal. Figlio (1994) reports that comparisons among strata indicate no apparent biases due to non-response. personal history of delinquency and criminal acts; gang membership; work and education histories; composition of current and childhood households; marital history; parental employment and educational histories; parental contact with the law; and personal, socio-economic and demographic characteristics.…”

“…9 Most respondents resided within the Philadelphia SMSA or within a 100-mile radius of the urban area. However, to insure that out-migration from Philadelphia of cohort members would not have any significant effect, sample members were traced and if possible contacted, throughout the United States (Figlio, 1994). Between thirty and forty percent of the members of each strata were interviewed, so that the relative response rate were roughly equal.…”

“…This requires assumptions about both participation and frequency of offending during this time period Figlio's (1994). analysis of the self-reported crimes for males in the follow-up survey found that the percentage of individuals committing offenses was constant between the 19-24 and 25+ age groups when all offense types were considered.…”