Addressing problems with traditional crime linking methods using receiver operating characteristic analysis

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 293-310

  Bennell, Craig ^a   Jones, Natalie J ^a   Melnyk, Tamara ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FORENSIC MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; RAPE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 71549146902     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532508X349336     Document Type: Article

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