Block, tract, and levels of aggregation: Neighborhood structure and crime and disorder as a case in point

American Sociological Review

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 659-680

  Hipp, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CENSUS; CRIME; ETHNICITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; RACIAL IDENTITY;

EID: 36348995949     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240707200501     Document Type: Article

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