Counting stranger homicides: A case study of statistical prestidigitation

Homicide Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 206-219

  Riedel, Marc ^a  

^a School of Dental Medicine   (India)

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EID: 0001523967     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767998002002006     Document Type: Article

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