A comparison of victim-reported and police-recorded crime in India

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 48, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 47-53

  Prasad, Kislaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84883492028     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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