Localized income inequality, concentrated disadvantage and homicide

Applied Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 259-270

  Wang, Fahui ^a   Arnold, Martin T ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrated disadvantage; Geographic Information Systems; Homicide; Localized income inequality; Spatial regression

Indexed keywords

CRIME; GIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INDEX METHOD; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52749096019     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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