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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Graham Farrell, Andromachi Tseloni, Nick Tilley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-02-01
Series:Methodological Innovations
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2059799115622754