Exploring the impact of measurement error in police recorded crime rates through sensitivity analysis

Abstract It is well known that police recorded crime data is susceptible to substantial measurement error. However, despite its limitations, police data is widely used in regression models exploring the causes and effects of crime, which can lead to different types of bias. Here, we introduce a new...

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Main Authors: Jose Pina-Sánchez, Ian Brunton-Smith, David Buil-Gil, Alexandru Cernat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-07-01
Series:Crime Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-023-00192-5