The hidden measurement crisis in criminology : procedural justice as a case study /

The field of criminology is limited by a 'hidden' measurement crisis. It is hidden because scholars either are not aware of the shortcomings of their measures or have implicitly agreed that scales with certain properties merit publication. It is a crisis because the approaches used to cons...

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Hauptverfasser:
Graham, Amanda, Cullen, Francis T., Link, Bruce G.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
The field of criminology is limited by a 'hidden' measurement crisis. It is hidden because scholars either are not aware of the shortcomings of their measures or have implicitly agreed that scales with certain properties merit publication. It is a crisis because the approaches used to construct measures do not employ modern systematic psychometric methods. As a result, the degree to which existing measures have methodological limitations is unknown. The purpose of this Element is to unmask this hidden crisis and provide a case study demonstrating how to build a measure of a prominent criminological construct through modern systematic psychometric methods. Using multiple surveys and item response theory, it develops a ten-item scale of procedural justice in policing. This can be used in primary research and to adjudicate existing measures. The goal is to reveal the nature of the field's measurement crisis and show a strategy for solving it.
Umfang:
1 online resource (103 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Anmerkungen:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Mar 2025).
Schriftenreihe:
Cambridge elements. Elements in criminology
ISBN:
1-009-55852-8
1-009-55851-X
1-009-55854-4
ISSN:
2633-3341
Schlagworte:
Criminology.
Psychometrics.
Justice, Administration of.
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