Modeling violent crime rates: A test of social disorganization in the city of Tshwane, South Africa

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 446-452

  Breetzke, Gregory Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 77954762367     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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