A spatial analysis of crime in Vancouver, British Columbia: A synthesis of social disorganization and routine activity theory

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 487-502

  Andresen, Martin A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CENSUS; CRIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG POPULATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 33751302764     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2006.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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