Storia e caratteristiche del progetto multicentrico di ricerca "International Self-Report Delinquency Study": Il contributo della criminologia italiana [Evolution and characteristics of the multi-centric research project "International Self-Report Delinquency Study": The contribution of Italian criminology]

The present paper reviews the history, the principal characteristics, the recent evolutions and the objectives of the international multi-centric study on juvenile self-report delinquency and victimization called ISRD, and describes the contribution of Italian criminology to the project. The most important international results of the first two waves of the research (ISRD 1 and ISRD2), and the innovations introduced in the planning of the third wave (ISRD3) are also described: The collection of data has been concluded in Italy, but not in all the 35 countries participating to the study.