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Measuring Crime in Public Housing: Methodological Issues and Research Strategies

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Holzman, H.R., Piper, L. Measuring Crime in Public Housing: Methodological Issues and Research Strategies. Journal of Quantitative Criminology 14, 331–351 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023057120475

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