Enticing Arsonists with Broken Windows and Social Disorder

Fire Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 255-273

  Thomas, Douglas S ^a   Butry, David T ^a   Prestemon, Jeffrey P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arson; Broken Windows; Social disorder; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

FIRE PROTECTION; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ARSON; CRIME PREVENTION; CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES; FIRE SUPPRESSION; FUELS MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL DISORDERS; URBAN REVITALIZATION; WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE;

CRIME;

EID: 78650928035     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10694-010-0145-1     Document Type: Article

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