The Application of Missing Data Estimation Models to the Problem of Unknown Victim/Offender Relationships in Homicide Cases

Homicide cases suffer from substantial levels of missing data, a problem largely ignored by criminological researchers. The present research seeks to address this problem by imputing values for unknown victim/offender relationships using the EM algorithm. The analysis is carried out first using homi...

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Main Author: Regoeczi, Wendy C. (Author)
Contributors: Riedel, Marc
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2003
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2003, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 155-183
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Keywords:
Homicide
Imputation
missing data
victim/offender relationships

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