Assessing temporal and weather influences on property crime in Beijing, China

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Peng, Chen ^a   Xueming, Shu ^a   Hongyong, Yuan ^a   Dengsheng, Li ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Municipal Public Safety Bureau   (China)

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EID: 79952245066     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10611-010-9264-3     Document Type: Article

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