Are US Crime Rates Really Unit Root Processes?

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-314

  Cook, Jemma ^a   Cook, Steve ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime rates; Structural change; Unit roots

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960989353     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-010-9124-4     Document Type: Article

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