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Long-term follow-up studies are difficult: comment on Langevin et al. (2004).

Publication: Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Publication Date: 01-JAN-06 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: Long-term follow-up studies are difficult: comment on Langevin et al. (2004).(response to Ron Langevin and others, Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, vol. 46, p. 531, October 2004)

Article Excerpt
Understanding the long-term recidivism rates of sexual offenders is an important research topic with considerable implications for criminal justice policies. Estimating long-term recidivism rates is difficult, however, because the behaviour of interest is hidden by the offenders and infrequently reported by the victims. Researchers can only count offending that appears in the available records. As Dr Langevin is acutely aware, the correspondence between existing records and actual offending is far from ideal. Many cases do not result in convictions, and many convictions do not appear on the databases available to researchers. How researchers address these lacunae will influence the...

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