Studying New York City's Crime Decline: Methodological Issues

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 154-188

  Greenberg, David F ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

crime decline; New York City; police; statistical methodology; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891664599     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2012.752026     Document Type: Article

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