Crime specialization across the canadian provinces

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-53

  Andresen, Martin A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Crime rates; Location quotient

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149164611     PISSN: 17077753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjccj.51.1.31     Document Type: Article

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