Preventing and Reducing Bushfire Arson in Australia: A Review of What is Known

Fire Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 507-518

  Beale, John ^a   Jones, Warwick ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arson; Bushfire; Crime prevention; Prevention

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; LOSSES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARSON; BUSHFIRE; CRIME PREVENTION; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECONOMIC LOSS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PREVENTION; RISK-COMMUNITY;

CRIME;

EID: 78751584846     PISSN: 00152684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10694-010-0179-4     Document Type: Review

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