Journey to crime and victimization: An application of routine activities theory and environmental criminology to homicide

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-394

  Pizarro, Jesenia M ^a   Corsaro, Nicholas ^b   Yu, Sung Suk Violet ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance decay; Environmental criminology; Homicide; Routine activities theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648840012     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880701568520     Document Type: Article

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