Drug law enforcement in an agent-based model: Simulating the disruption to street-level drug markets

Artificial Crime Analysis Systems: Using Computer Simulations and Geographic Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 352-371

  Dray, Anne ^a   Mazerolle, Lorraine ^b   Perez, Pascal ^a   Ritter, Alison ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 51649104999     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-591-7.ch018     Document Type: Chapter

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