Where the jobs are: Employment access and crime patterns in Cleveland

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 435-450

  Wang, Fahui ^a   Minor, W William ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime patterns; Employment access; Geographic information systems; Localized job market; Spatial mismatch

Indexed keywords

CRIME; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET;

CLEVELAND [OHIO]; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037754567     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8306.00298     Document Type: Review

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