Exploring the international decline in crime rates

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 375-394

  Tseloni, Andromachi ^a   Mailley, Jen ^b   Farrell, Graham ^b   Tilley, Nick ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assault; Burglary; Car Crime; Crime Concentration; International Crime Trends; Multivariate Multilevel Models; Theft from Person

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956213229     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370810367014     Document Type: Article

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