Illuminating crime: The Impact of Street Lighting on Calls for Police Service

Evaluation Review

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 751-779

  Quinet, Kenna Davis ^a   Nunn, Samuel ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CRIME; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIANA; LIGHTING; MALE; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032241269     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9802200603     Document Type: Article

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