A comparative evaluation of approaches to urban crime pattern analysis

Urban Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 711-729

  Craglia, Massimo ^a   Haining, Robert ^b   Wiles, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Sheffield Ctr Geogr Info Spatial A ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; GIS; URBAN AREA;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034019401     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980050003982     Document Type: Article

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