National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program

C3SROS01: C3 SRO: In the past year has the subject destroyed/damaged property

In the past year, has the subject purposely destroyed or damaged property that did
not belong to him/her?

MEASURE: Self-Reported Offending (SRO)

The Self-Reported Offending (SRO; Huizinga, Esbensen, and Weihar, 1991) was adapted
for this study to measure the adolescent's account of involvement in antisocial and
illegal activities. We ask the collateral to report on the subject's behavior using
the same set of questions which are asked of the subject. The SRO consists of 24-items
which elicit subject involvement in different types of crime. For each endorsed item,
a set of follow-up questions are triggered that collect more information regarding the
reported offense (e.g., "When was the last time he/she did this?" and "How many times 
has X done this in the past year?"). Two of the 24 items were added to the interview
battery after a significant number of individuals had completed the interview (thus
producing a large amount of missing data). These 2 items are not included in the 
scoring.  

Consult the Pathways Study codebook for more information (www.pathwaysstudy.pitt.edu).
            
ValueLabelUnweighted
Frequency
%
0 No 996 73.6
1 Yes 120 8.9
Missing Data
-700 Data missing: Result of an error in the interview programming 0 0.0
-222 IntCompStat = 3; data deleted, consent issues 29 2.1
-202 IntCompStat = 2; partial interview, data missing 0 0.0
-201 IntCompStat = 4; missed interview 204 15.1
-9 Dont Know 5 0.4
-8 Refusal 0 0.0
Total1,354100%

Based upon 1,116 valid cases out of 1,354 total cases.

Location: 437-440 (width: 4; decimal: 0)

Variable Type: numeric

(Range of) Missing Values: -700 , -222 , -202 , -201 , -9 , -8

Notes

Source: This variable was taken from: Research on Pathways to Desistance [Maricopa County, AZ and Philadelphia County, PA]: Collateral Measures, 2000-2004.

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Disclaimer: The frequencies for this variable may not be weighted. They are purely descriptive and may not be representative of the study population. Please use with caution and consult the study documentation.