Space-time patterns of risk: A cross national assessment of residential burglary victimization

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-219

  Johnson, Shane D ^a   Bernasco, Wim ^b   Bowers, Kate J ^a   Elffers, Henk ^b   Ratcliffe, Jerry ^c   Rengert, George ^c   Townsley, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burglary risk; Cross national comparison; Monte Carlo simulation; Space time clustering

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347248059     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-007-9025-3     Document Type: Article

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