Burglary, victimisation, and social deprivation

Crime Prevention and Community Safety

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 37-46

  Ratcliffe, Jerry ^a   McCullagh, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

areally weighted approach; Repeat burglary; social deprivation; spatial interpretation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004502030     PISSN: 14603780     EISSN: 17434629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.cpcs.8140014     Document Type: Article

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