Is violent crime increasing or decreasing? A new methodology to measure repeat attacks making visible the significance of gender and domestic relations

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1203-1234

  Walby, Sylvia ^a   Towers, Jude ^a   Francis, Brian ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime; Crime Survey for England and Wales; Domestic violence; Gender; High frequency victims; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014148824     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azv131     Document Type: Review

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