Offence Definitions in the European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics and Their Influence on Data Quality and Comparability

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-53

  Harrendorf, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conviction statistics; European Sourcebook; Methodology; Offence definitions; Police statistics; Regional analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857371991     PISSN: 09281371     EISSN: 15729869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10610-011-9161-z     Document Type: Article

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