A spatial analysis of green teams: A tactical response to marijuana production in British Columbia

Policy Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-377

  Malm, Aili E ^b   Tita, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal justice policy; Displacement; GIS; Marijuana; Police crackdown; Policing; Policy evaluation

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 33846529448     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-006-9029-0     Document Type: Article

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