Capture-Recapture Methods for the Social and Medical Sciences

Capture-recapture methods are techniques used to estimate the size of populations that cannot be easily counted. Examples are homeless populations, illegal immigrants, illegal drug users, drivers driving without a license, domestic violence cases, etc. This edited book provides an overview of these methods with a particular emphasis on issues and applications in the social and life sciences. It provides a synthesis of recent research in the field, with contributions from some of the leading researchers. The methods are illustrated by worked examples and case studies using real data, such as that described above. Software for implementation of the methods will be discussed whenever possible.

Dankmar Bohning is Professor of Medical Statistics and Director of the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute at the University of Southampton. His interests are in capture-recapture modelling, meta-analysis and research synthesis as well as mixed modelling.

John Bunge is Professor of Statistics in the Department of Statistical Science of Cornell University. His interests are capture-recapture modelling, microbiome statistics, and nonclassical probability distribution theory.

Peter. G.M. van der Heijden is Professor of Social Statistics at the University of Utrecht and at the University of Southampton. His interests are capture-recapture modelling for the Social Sciences and Official Statistics.