Neighborhood disadvantage in a moderately sized city: A SEM analysis

Criminal Justice Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-340

  Kooi, Brandon R ^a   Patchin, Justin W ^b  

^a AURORA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Ecological; Model testing; Neighborhoods; SEM; Social disorganization theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 57449087823     PISSN: 1478601X     EISSN: 14786028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786010802554212     Document Type: Article

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