Digital Analysis of Crime Statistics: Does Crime Conform to Benford’s Law?

Benford’s law suggests that the distribution of leading (leftmost) digits in data of an anomalous nature (i.e., without relationship) will conform to a formula of logarithmic intervals known as the Benford distribution. Forensic auditors have successfully used digital analysis vis-à-vis the Benford...

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1. VerfasserIn: Hickman, Matthew J. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Rice, Stephen K.
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2010
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Jahr: 2010, Band: 26, Heft: 3, Seiten: 333-349
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