Crime, new housing, and housing incivilities in a first-ring suburb: Multilevel relationships across time

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 301-345

  Brown, Barbara B ^a   Perkins, Douglas D ^b   Brown, Graham ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community development and revitalization; Crime; Urban policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844463976     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 10511482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2004.9521504     Document Type: Article

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