CRITIC: A prospective planning tool for crime prevention evaluation designs

Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-70

  Bowers, Kate J ^a   Sidebottom, Aiden ^a   Ekblom, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bag theft; Cost effectiveness; Evaluation; Research design; Statistical significance

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549109216     PISSN: 14603780     EISSN: 17434629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cpcs.2008.20     Document Type: Article

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