Measuring offending: self-reports, official records, systematic observation and experimentation

Criminological knowledge can only be as accurate as the measure of crime itself. Concern with crime measurement starts with the definition of crime, which has consequences for the measurement techniques preferred in different domains. The two main methodologies used to measure criminal behaviour are...

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Main Author: Gomes, Hugo S. (author)
Other Authors: Maia, Ângela (author), Farrington, David P. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/59060
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/59060