Assessing the extent of nonresponse bias on NIBRS estimates of violent crime

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-49

  Addington, Lynn A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime measurement; Missing data; NIBRS; Police crime data

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749092111     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: 15525406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986207312936     Document Type: Article

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