Are U.S. crime rate trends historically contingent?

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 359-383

  McDowall, David ^a,b   Loftin, Colin ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Violence Research Group

Author keywords

Crime trends; Structural change; Time reversibility

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; CRIME; HISTORICALLY CONTIGENT MODEL; HOMICIDE; INCIDENCE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PROCESS MODEL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26844575432     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427804270050     Document Type: Review

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