On the validity and reliability of gang homicide: A comparison of disparate sources

Homicide Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 359-376

  Decker, Scott H ^a   Pyrooz, David C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gangs; homicide; multitrait multimethod; policy; reliability; validity; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958021007     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: 15526720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767910385400     Document Type: Article

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