A new approach for ranking 'serious' offences: The use of paired-comparisons methodology

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 726-737

  Francis, Brian ^a   Soothill, Keith ^a   Dittrich, Regina ^a  

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EID: 0035602223     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/41.4.726     Document Type: Article

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