Experiments, Criminology

Encyclopedia of Social Measurement

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 877-884

  Weisburd, David ^a,b   Petrosino, Anthony ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-369398-5/00442-4     Document Type: Chapter

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