Global Journal of Human Social Science, C: Sociology and Culture, Volume 23 Issue 2

Self-reporting of Youth Delinquency in the Balkans and Beyond: Results of the ISRD3 International Self-Reporting Study of Delinquency in the Context of Violence, Victimization, and Substance Abuse in Comparative Aspects Dr. Sc. Mensut Ademi α & Prof. Ass. Dr. Sc. Veton Vula σ Abstract- This article publications on the first results of the third International Self-Publikation Study of Delinquency (ISRD-3), a large international collaborative study of delinquency and victimization of 14- to 18-year-old students. The analysis is based on a sub-sample of the data set: 2060 respondents from 4 cities in the Republic of Kosovo. The prevalence rate of the main categories of delinquency in comparison to individual countries participating in ISRD3, as well as for 6 groups of countries, are presented as well as data on experiences of victimization (theft and robbery/extortion). Using different measures, we have compared the data with our country where there are significant differences in the level and type of offense found between groups of countries such as Europe, America and other countries. In this article, we compare the rates of offending and victimization found by ISRD-3 with other main sources of national statistics available in the Republic of Kosovo based on the police and the prosecutor. The article concludes with implications and suggestions for further research. Keywords: national and international comparison, ISRD- 3, police data, self-publications, victimization studies, youth delinquency. I. I ntroduction s in other areas, the delinquency of minors has become problematic in every country and the comparison of measures against them is more necessary (I. Marshall, M. Killias, D, Ezman ISRD2, 2010). For researchers, this research increases the possibilities for theory testing, while for policymakers, it allows the evaluation of their policies through 'benchmarking'. In criminology, two types of readily available data are used to place a country's particular "crime problem" in the wider international context: First, international organizations provide their evidence (Interpol, the United Nations provides data officially recorded crime for a large number of countries i.e. crime publikationed to the police, arrests, prosecutions, convictions, Aebi et al., 2006). 1 A second important source of comparative delinquency data is that obtained between ISRD3 and 1 For an overview of the methodological issues related to the self- publikation method, see Junger-Tas and Marshall (1999). the International Crime Victimization Survey (ICVS) (van Dijk et al., 2007a, 2007b, Aebi et al. 2002; Robert, 2009; Zauberman, 2009). 2 Here we present the Third International Self- Publikationed Delinquency Study (ISRD-3), Self- publikation surveys of delinquency have been a mainstay of delinquency research for more than half a century, these studies have typically been limited to a, or at most, in a small proportion of countries (Wikström and Svensson, 2008, focus on Sweden and England). At the European level, there are few comparative studies focusing on young people; an example is the European School Study Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) (see Hibell et al., 2004). Another example is the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and this has been a very interesting case in the Republic of Kosovo, whereas a project we think is targeted, but during the implementation, there are errors in taking the sample, (internationally standardized of 15-year-olds in schools, implemented in 62 countries of the world in 2009). The WHO Publikation on Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) contains international self-publikation data on the use and abuse of cannabis (Currie et al., 2008). 3 In this article, we present the first descriptive results of the extent of self-publikationed delinquency (12-month prevalence rates), as well as youth victimization experiences in our country Kosovo, comparing some data with countries in the region such Until now, the first International Self- Publikationed Delinquency Study (ISRD-1; Junger-Tas et al., 1994) was conducted in 1992, focusing explicitly on youth delinquency and victimization for 13 countries in the same time continues with the second study of this type and, compared to ISRD-1, it has expanded greatly in scope and in the number of participating countries (Junger-Tas et al., 2010) and finally, ISRD3 has received an international expansion and reputation. 2 Although the bulk of the ISRD-2 countries is European, it is important to keep in mind that there are also countries from the American continent involved: Canada, USA, Venezuela, Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, and Suriname. 3 I. Marshall, D. Ezman, M. Killias, Self-publikationed youth delinquency in Europe and beyond: First results of the Second International Self-Publikation Delinquency Study in the context of police and victimization data ISRD2, 2010 A © 2023 Global Journals Volume XXIII Issue II Version I 33 ( ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2023 C Author α : College AAB, Law and C rim inal Justice Faculty, Profesor. e-mail: mensut.ademi@universitetiaab.com Author σ : College AAB, Law and Criminal Justice Faculty, Dean, Profesor. e-mail: Veton.vula@universitetiaab