Reliability and validity of cross-national homicide data: a comparison of UN and WHO data

Data reliability and validity are methodological concerns in cross-national analyses of crime, but there is little agreement on which source of data provides the most reliable estimates. Moreover, few studies have examined the potential threat to validity posed by unclassified deaths. The current st...

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Authors: Andersson, Catrine 1982- (Author) ; Kazemian, Lila (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice
Year: 2018, Volume: 42, Issue: 4, Pages: 287-302
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Keywords:
Cross-national
United Nations
World Health Organization
Homicide
Reliability
unclassified deaths
Validity

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