The Effect of NIBRS Reporting on Item Missing Data in Murder Cases

Homicide Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-213

  Addington, Lynn A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

homicide; incident based crime data; measurement; police

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992816376     PISSN: 10887679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088767904265360     Document Type: Article

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