Undercounts in offender data and closing the gap between indigenous and other Australians

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-89

  Hunter, Boyd ^a   Ayyar, Aarthi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Administrative data; Data quality; Indigenous disadvantage

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959978619     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2011.tb00206.x     Document Type: Article

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