Not just another focus group: Making the case for the nominal group technique in criminology

Crime Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Laenen, Freya Vander ^a  

^a Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Group technique; Methodology; Online tool

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040349436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21937680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40163-014-0016-z     Document Type: Review

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