Ambient populations and the calculation of crime rates and risk

Security Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-133

  Andresen, Martin A ^a,b   Jenion, Greg W ^b,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crime rates; Daytime populations; Night time populations; Population at risk; Technological advancements; Time space convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950224285     PISSN: 09551662     EISSN: 17434645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sj.2008.1     Document Type: Article

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