Creating a youth violence data system for Boston, Massachusetts

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 406-421

  Azrael, Deborah ^a   Johnson, Renee M ^b   Molnar, Beth E ^a   Vriniotis, Mary ^a   Dunn, Erin C ^a   Duncan, Dustin T ^a   Hemenway, David ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighbourhood; Surveillance system; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 74849093215     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.42.3.406     Document Type: Article

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