Statistical models of criminal behavior: The effects of law enforcement actions

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 1397-1423

  Jones, Paul A ^a   Brantingham, P Jeffrey ^a   Chayes, Lincoln R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime modeling; law enforcement

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODEL; CONTINUUM MODEL; CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES; DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY; DISCRETE SYSTEMS; LARGE SYSTEM SIZE; PATTERN FORMATION; PDE MODEL; RANDOM WALKERS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODELS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL LATTICE MODEL; URBAN SETTINGS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CRIME;

EID: 77955920533     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202510004647     Document Type: Article

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