Austin Porterfield's pioneering research, published in 1946, is a good example of the utility of self-report studies. It showed that
A) despite claims to the contrary, boys and girls offend in a similar manner.
B) regarding class status, middle-class and working-class respondents had similar offending patterns.
C) despite similar patterns, working-class offenders were much more likely to be processed by the courts than middle-class offenders.
D) both b and c are true in Porterfield's study.
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Q22: A major change in the NCVS since
Q23: Neither the UCR nor the NCVS compile
Q24: Official sources of data for corporate crime
Q25: Self-report studies provide
A) police-based data.
B) offender-based data.
C)
Q26: Self-report studies generally ask respondents about their
Q28: Large-scale, self-report studies have found that
A) boys
Q29: Self-report data rely on honesty and clear
Q30: Self-report studies may be useful as sources
Q31: Studies that include self-reports, psychological evaluations, IQ
Q32: The Professional Thief by Edwin Sutherland and
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