Correlation between climate and crime in Eastern Tokyo

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-238

  Ikegaya, Hiroshi ^a   Suganami, Hideki ^b  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Crime; Murder; Traffic accident; Weather

Indexed keywords

EID: 50049127836     PISSN: 17077753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjccj.50.2.225     Document Type: Article

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