In the context of the three measures of juvenile crime, which of the following is true of self-report surveys?
A. They focus exclusively on certain types of youths, such as chronic truants and serious habitual delinquents.
B. They fail to provide insights into motivation, demographics, and correlates of juvenile crime.
C. They are a poor measure of status offending victimless crimes involving juveniles.
D. They are the most accurate measure of juvenile crime and offending.
E. They are insusceptible to problems such as exaggeration and confusion over definitions.
Answer: D
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