Unemployment, inequality, poverty and crime: Spatial distribution patterns of criminal acts in Belgium, 2001-06

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-20

  Hooghe, Marc ^a   Vanhoutte, Bram ^a   Hardyns, Wim ^a   Bircan, Tuba ^a  

^a Department of Political Science ^*

Author keywords

Belgium; crime rates; geographical distribution; inequality; spatial analysis; unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751478278     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azq067     Document Type: Article

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