Illegal drug markets: The geographic perspective and crime propensity

Western Criminology Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-32

  Robinson, Jennifer B ^a   Rengert, George F ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug crimes; Drug free zones; Geography of crime; Offender decision making; OR; Policing; Portland

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748881767     PISSN: 10964886     EISSN: 10964886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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