Violence change and cohort trajectories: Baltimore neighborhoods, 1990-2000

Urban Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-30

  Harries, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baltimore; Census tracts; Cohort trajectories; Population; Violence

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; POVERTY; URBAN SOCIETY; VIOLENCE;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442649993     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.25.1.14     Document Type: Article

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