Studying tourists' suitability as crime targets

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 727-743

  Boakye, Kwaku Adutwum ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Crime; Ghana; Institutionalization; Suitability; Targets; Travel intermediaries; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CRIME; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOURISM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

GHANA;

EID: 77952885516     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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