ISRD and ICVS

The International Self-Report Delinquency Study

ISRD

ISRD

study of delinquency, victimization, and substance use of 12-15-year-old pupils (students).

ISRDs completed

� ISRD-1: 1991-1992 (13 countries)
� ISRD-2: 2006-2007 (31 countries / Longer questionnaire)
� ISRD-3: 2011-2012 (to include China, Turkey, and Mexico)

ISRD Main Objectives

� To study cross-national variability
� International trends
in juvenile delinquency
� To improve standardized self-report methodology
for comparative purposes
� Advance comparative
criminological research

ISRD Methodology

� Explicitly comparative design
that will be implemented
on regular intervals.
� All countries must adopt
the core ISRD-2 Module
and survey procedures
� Most of the questions
are closed-ended
(sometimes with an 'other' open-ended possibility)
� Random sel

ISRD Findings

1. 31 countries/128 cities and towns/and 1,375 schools
2. Country cluster methodology
3. Six country clusters:
� Anglo-Saxon
(Canada, Ireland, USA)
� Northern European Countries
(Denman, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden)
� Western European Countries
(Aust

ISRD Challenges

� Funding
(each country must obtain enough funds to do this type of project)
� Logistic and practical issues
coming from collaborating
with many foreign collaborators.
� Issues with executing
the classroom-based sample plan
(data was not provided; permiss

International Crime Victims Surveys

ICVS

ICVS

provide a source of data on crime
independent of crime statistics
recorded by the police.

ICVS Main Objectives

� Rates on reporting crime to the police
� Victim's experiences with the police
� Fear of crime
� Crime prevention measures

ICVS Methodology

� Targets samples of households
in which only one respondent
is selected aged 16-above.
� National samples
- at least 2000 respondents
� Interviewed with CATI technique.
(Computer Assisted Telephone Interview)
� Or face-to-face interviews
(between 1000-15