The Truth about Crime Statistics

Police Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 220-234

  Lewis, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

crime prevention; crime statistics; fraud; limitations of statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929173493     PISSN: 0032258X     EISSN: 17405599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1350/pojo.2013.86.3.625     Document Type: Article

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