Gang Activity and Overall Levels of Crime: A New Mapping Tool for Defining Areas of Gang Activity Using Police Records

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 369-383

  Block, Richard ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicago; Gangs; Geography; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034363109     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007579007011     Document Type: Article

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