Time Series Analysis of Crime Rates

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 291-327

  Greenberg, David F ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cointegration; Crime; Divorce; Time series; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035732743     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012507119569     Document Type: Article

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