Not 'islands, entire of themselves': Exploring the spatial context of city-level robbery rates

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-380

  Deane, Glenn ^a   Messner, Steven F ^a   Stucky, Thomas D ^b   McGeever, Kelly ^a   Kubrin, Charis E ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

City level robbery rates; Spatial dependence; Spatial weights; State level covariates

Indexed keywords

EID: 53649083023     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-008-9049-3     Document Type: Article

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