Community variation in crime clearance: A multilevel analysis with comments on assessing police performance

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-258

  Paré, Paul Philippe ^a   Felson, Richard B ^b   Ouimet, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community size; Crime clearance; Police; Poverty; Workload

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347254630     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-007-9028-0     Document Type: Article

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