Commercial density, residential concentration, and crime: Land use patterns and violence in neighborhood context

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-357

  Browning, Christopher R ^a   Byron, Reginald A ^b   Calder, Catherine A ^a   Krivo, Lauren J ^a   Kwan, Mei Po ^a   Lee, Jae Yong ^c   Peterson, Ruth D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Density; Mixed land use; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954906109     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427810365906     Document Type: Article

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