Effects of attractiveness, opportunity and accessibility to burglars on residential burglary rates of urban neighborhoods

Criminology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 981-1002

  Bernasco, Wim ^a,b   Luykx, Floor ^a  

^a Netherlands Inst Stud Crime/Law E   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Attractiveness; Neighborhoods; Opportunity; Residential burglary

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642345616     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2003.tb01011.x     Document Type: Article

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