Guest Editorial: Methodological Issues in Longitudinal Analyses of Criminal Violence

This editorial introduces the IJCV Focus Section on Methodological Issues in Longitudinal Analyses of Criminal Violence. Longitudinal designs offer distinctive advantages for purposes of making causal inferences with observational data, but significant challenges must be confronted as well. The purp...

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1. VerfasserIn: Messner, Steven F. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Thome, Helmut
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2015
In: International journal of conflict and violence
Jahr: 2015
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Zusammenfassung:This editorial introduces the IJCV Focus Section on Methodological Issues in Longitudinal Analyses of Criminal Violence. Longitudinal designs offer distinctive advantages for purposes of making causal inferences with observational data, but significant challenges must be confronted as well. The purpose of this editorial is to highlight some of the more important methodological issues that arise in longitudinal analyses, describe in general terms selected approaches for dealing with them, and indicate ways in which the papers included in this focus section skilfully apply methodological techniques for longitudinal analyses to address substantively important issues pertaining to criminal violence
ISSN:1864-1385
DOI:10.4119/ijcv-3054