The development of a social, demographic and land use profiler for areas of high crime

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-120

  Hirschfield, A ^a   Bowers, K J ^a  

^a NONE

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EID: 0031541890     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a014129     Document Type: Article

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