Built environment and property crime in Seattle, 1998-2000: A Bayesian analysis

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1403-1420

  Matthews, Stephen A ^a   Yang, Tse Chuan ^a   Hayslett, Karen L ^b   Ruback, R Barry ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRIME; GIS; MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA;

SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 77956067328     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a42393     Document Type: Article

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