RT Article
T1 Automobile theft: Estimating the size of the criminal population
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 6
IS 4
SP 395
OP 409
A1 Collins, Mark F.
A2 Wilson, Richard M.
LA English
YR 1990
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764278429
AB Animal abundance estimation procedures including a new method of Zelterman are applied in the criminological context of auto theft in the Australian Capital Territory. Using goodness-of-fit statistics and comparing the estimates with known clearance rates, it is estimated that during 1987 about 39% of offenders were charged with at least one count of auto theft. The results also indicate the extent of overrepresentation of juveniles in court statistics compared with their relative participation rate in auto theft.
K1 criminal population estimation
K1 Auto Theft
DO 10.1007/BF01066678