| Autor: |
Rodríguez, Juan Antonio, Pérez-Santiago, Neelie, Birkbeck, Christopher |
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European Journal of Criminology; Jul2015, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p420-436, 17p |
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Survey instruments are often watermarked with the language, thought patterns, experience and expectations of their designers' cultural world. This creates some evident challenges when using surveys in international research projects (for example, in finding equivalent terms in translation), but also some less evident ones deriving from potentially hidden local variations in social experience, values and cognition. Using examples from the International Self-Report Delinquency Study, this article identifies several potential challenges to measurement that arise when an instrument designed with the youth of industrialized democracies in mind is presented to adolescents in a Latin American country (Venezuela). Some strategies for addressing these challenges are outlined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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