Disentangling the crime-arrest relationship: The influence of social context

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-389

  Chamlin, Mitchell B ^a   Myer, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

ARIMA models; Contextual effects; Macro criminology; Reciprocal relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450225397     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-009-9072-z     Document Type: Article

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