The spatial dynamics and socioeconomic correlates of drug arrests in Mexico city

Applied Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-270

  Vilalta, Carlos J ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arrests; Drugs; Hotspots; Mexico; Spatial Statistics

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; CRIME; DRUGS TRADE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 75949116170     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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