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 Book
Language:English
Published: 2003
In:Year: 2003
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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