'When, where, if, and but': Qualifying GIS and the effect of streetlighting on crime and fear

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2055-2074

  Pain, Rachel ^a   MacFarlane, Robert ^b   Turner, Keith ^b   Gill, Sally ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Civic Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DECISION MAKING; GIS; MAPPING; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHUMBERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751538487     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a38391     Document Type: Article

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