Signature dish: Triangulation from data signatures to examine the role of security in falling crime
This article describes realist evaluation research combining data signatures and theories of causal mechanism as a means of shedding light on why crime has declined in recent years. A data signature is an empirical indicator of how or why something has occurred. The use of multiple signatures – a ‘d...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2016-02-01
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Series: | Methodological Innovations |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2059799115622754 |