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4 - What Is Convergence, and What Do We Know About It?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2009

David McDowall
Affiliation:
Professor in the School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany
Colin Loftin
Affiliation:
Professor in the School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany
James P. Lynch
Affiliation:
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Lynn A. Addington
Affiliation:
American University, Washington DC
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Understanding Crime Statistics
Revisiting the Divergence of the NCVS and the UCR
, pp. 93 - 122
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2006

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