Geographical distribution of crime in Italian provinces: A spatial econometric analysis

Jahrbuch fur Regionalwissenschaft

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-28

  Cracolici, Maria Francesca ^a   Uberti, Teodora Erika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crime; Distance weights matrix; Relational weights matrix; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 58149196696     PISSN: 01737600     EISSN: 16139836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10037-008-0031-1     Document Type: Article

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