When missing data are not missing: A new approach to evaluating supplemental homicide report imputation strategies

Criminology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 841-870

  Wadsworth, Tim ^a   Roberts Jr , John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime data; Data imputation; Homicide; Murder; Supplemental Homicide Reports (SHR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349198202     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2008.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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