Neighborhood characteristics and crime: A test of Sampson and Groves' model of social disorganization

Western Criminology Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Sun, Ivan Y ^a   Triplett, Ruth ^a   Gainey, Randy R ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assault and robbery rates; Neighborhood structural characteristics; Social disorganization; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042579890     PISSN: 10964886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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