Notes
Interestingly, Porterfield had challenged the discipline to be more creative in using their imagination in devising methods by which to study sociological phenomena in his book entitled Creative Factors in Scientific Research (1941).
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Krohn, M.D., Thornberry, T.P., Gibson, C.L. et al. The Development and Impact of Self-Report Measures of Crime and Delinquency. J Quant Criminol 26, 509–525 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10940-010-9119-1
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