The influences of incident and contextual characteristics on crime clearance of nonlethal violence: A multilevel event history analysis

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-71

  Roberts, Aki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 39549110422     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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