Aoristic signatures and the spatio-temporal analysis of high volume crime patterns

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-43

  Ratcliffe, Jerry H ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aoristic; Crime; GIS; Policing; Spatiotemporal; Temporal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036102405     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013240828824     Document Type: Review

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