Sentence examples for proxy for crime from inspiring English sources
It's using race as a proxy for crime".
In Appendix 2, we give an explanation about how CFS as a proxy for crime could contaminate research and findings.
Specifically, some researchers believe CFS is a good proxy for crime since CFS occurs with greater frequency (Andresen 2006; Phillips and Brown 1998).
Since researchers have extensively used calls for services (CFS) to police as a proxy for measuring crime (e.g., Sherman et al. 1989; Sherman 1995; Lum 2003; Weisburd et al. 2006), we wanted to see if studies using crime incident data systematically displayed more or less concentration than studies using CFS data.
"With 100 felony arrests," he said, "what we know is that noise is a proxy for other crimes".
Phillips and his co-author, Richard Webber, said some people may conclude that the so-called ethnic effect described in the report might simply be a proxy for high levels of crime.
In New Labour speak, crime became a proxy for class, criminal justice a priority over social justice.
Ditto for crime statistics.
Suppose a researcher is interested in the correlation between crime and certain dependent variable (y), using CFS as a proxy to crime.
Although 911 homicide calls represent an extremely small fraction of total 911 calls, they can serve as a proxy for calls made reporting other high-profile crimes such as arson, bomb threats, and sexual assault.
