Explaining the divergence between UCR and NCVS aggravated assault trends

Understanding Crime Statistics: Revisiting the Divergence of the NCVS and UCR

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 251-268

  Rosenfeld, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 84926987018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511618543.009     Document Type: Chapter

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