Community structural predictors of spatially aggregated motor vehicle theft rates: Do they replicate?

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-311

  Walsh, Jeffrey A ^a   Taylor, Ralph B ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34249701323     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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