Forecasting methods in crime and justice

Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 219-238

  Berk, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal effects; Loss functions; Nonlinear effects; Statistical learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649143100     PISSN: 15503585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.lawsocsci.3.081806.112812     Document Type: Article

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