Spatial analysis of residential burglaries in London, Ontario

Great Lakes Geographer

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-27

  Malczewski, Jacek ^a   Poetz, Anneliese ^b   Iannuzzi, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global and local regression analysis; London, Ontario; Spatial pattern of residential burglaries

Indexed keywords

CRIME; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; LONDON [ONTARIO]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25444521935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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