Extreme spatial variations in crime density in Baltimore County, MD

Geoforum

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 404-416

  Harries, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blocks; Crime; Density; Gradients; Housing; Land use; Typology

Indexed keywords

CRIME; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BALTIMORE COUNTY; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646001062     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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