Questioning Canadian criminal incidence rates: A re-analysis of the 2004 Canadian victimization survey

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 239-261

  Nazaretian, Zavin ^a   Merolla, David M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime rates; Incidence rates; Official statistics; Repeat victimization; Victimization; Victimization rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876451486     PISSN: 17077753     EISSN: 19110219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjccj.2012.E18     Document Type: Article

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