Assessing the extent of crime displacement and diffusion of benefits: A review of situational crime prevention evaluations

Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1331-1368

  Guerette, Rob T ^a   Bowers, Kate J ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion of benefit; Displacement; Situational crime prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949086432     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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