Decay functions and criminal spatial processes: Geographical offender profiling of volume crime

Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-102

  Hammond, Laura ^a   Youngs, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decay functions; Distance decay; Geographical offender profiling; Offending spatial behaviour; Volume crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951970395     PISSN: 15444759     EISSN: 15444767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jip.132     Document Type: Article

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