Global warming and U.S. crime rates: An application of routine activity theory

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 802-825

  Rotton, James ^a   Cohn, Ellen G ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Crime; Global warming; Routine activities; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CRIME;

EID: 0344586674     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916503255565     Document Type: Article

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