Accuracy of Arrestees’ Self-Reports:
Accuracy of arrestees’ self-reports
Interview arrestees about their criminal histories and offending behaviors
Criminal justice history and
recent drug use (N=892)
Self-disclosure of criminal histories
Acceptable to good rates of disclosure
Other findings about disclosure
Accuracy addresses how many contacts
Measuring accuracy, general model
Length in jail by
self-report
and official records (example)
Precision of Self-reports by NYC Arrestees
Central findings about accuracy
Differences in accuracy by CJ measure
Why arrestees may
under-report CJ contacts
Why over-report and over-disclosure?
Conclusions and research implications
Relevant publications by
Drs. Golub and Johnson and associates