UCR violent crime rates, 1958-2000: Recorded and offender-generated trends

Social Science Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 499-518

  O'Brien, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0042353679     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-089X(03)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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