Reliability of Arrest and Incarceration Questions on the Risk Behavior Assessment

Autor/inn/en	Fisher, Dennis G.; Reynolds, Grace L.; Wood, Michele M.; Johnson, Mark E.
Titel	Reliability of Arrest and Incarceration Questions on the Risk Behavior Assessment
Quelle	In: Crime & Delinquency, 50 (2004) 1, S.24-31 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-1287
DOI	10.1177/0011128703258872
Schlagwörter	Research Needs; Drug Abuse; Reliability; Correctional Institutions; Institutionalized Persons; Futures (of Society); Law Enforcement; Questionnaires; Evaluation Methods; Behavior Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungsbedarf; Reliabilität; Jugendstrafvollzug; Future; Society; Zukunft; Gesetzesvollzug; Fragebogen
Abstract	We examined 48-hour test-retest reliability of the arrest and incarceration questions on the Risk Behavior Assessment (RBA; National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1993). Participants were 229 street-drug users recruited in 11 cities throughout the United States. Results revealed that lifetime arrest and incarceration items demonstrated good to excellent reliability. The 30-day arrest and incarceration items provided such poor reliabilities that they would yield unreliable data with limited research or clinical use. Future research needs to identify alternative items that can yield reliable data regarding recent arrest history; until then, it is recommended that the recent arrest items be used with caution. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10