Spatial is special: A socio-geographic profile of offenders in the city of tswane, south africa

South African Geographical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-40

  Breetzke, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCATION THEORY; RISK FACTOR; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA;

GAUTENG; PRETORIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77952017940     PISSN: 03736245     EISSN: 21512418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03736245.2008.9725309     Document Type: Article

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