Assessing the spatial-temporal relationship between disorder and violence

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-163

  Yang, Sue Ming ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broken windows; Disorder; Longitudinal; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950459474     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-009-9085-7     Document Type: Article

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