Is There Any Logic to Using Logit: Finding the Right Tool for the Increasingly Important Job of Risk Prediction Bushway Forecasting Criminal Behavior

Criminology and Public Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 563-567

  Bushway, Shawn D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84890675391     PISSN: 15386473     EISSN: 17459133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1745-9133.12059     Document Type: Article

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