The Use of Data-Linkage Methods in Criminal Justice Research
A Commentary on Progress, Problems and Future Possibilities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15309847 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Ferrante (0000-0002-9479-7908, Senior Research Fellow, Crime Research Centre, University of Western Australia, Crawley Western Australia 6009., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 378-392 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Issues in Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1034-5329 • E-ISSN: 2206-9542 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10345329.2009.12035818 |
| OpenAlex | W2243794625 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
Despite technological advances and the growing utilisation of data-linkage (DL) methods in health and medical research, the method is not widely used in criminal justice research. This is surprising, given that some areas of criminological research (e.g. criminal career and life-course criminology) lend themselves naturally to the adoption of DL methods. While a small but growing number of criminological studies have used such methods in Australia, several factors have combined to impede the ‘up-take’ of DL methods in criminal justice research. These include legislative issues (restrictive and inconsistent privacy laws), resource limitations within the justice sector to support DL-based research and a less-than-willing attitude amongst government agencies and ethics committees to engage with this type of methodology. Notwithstanding these impediments, the future looks bright for DL-based research in Australia. National initiatives aimed at improving health research infrastructure are likely to provide direct and indirect benefits to DL-based research in the justice sector
Criminal justice · Criminology · Economic Justice · Engineering ethics · Government (linguistics · Legislature · Linkage (software · Political science · Project commissioning · Public relations · Publishing · Research ethics · Resource (disambiguation · Sociology · Census and Population Estimation · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Engineering · Health disparities and outcomes · Law
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2019 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |