The crime drop and the security hypothesis

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-175

  Farrell, Graham ^a   Tseloni, Andromachi ^b   Mailley, Jen ^c   Tilley, Nick ^d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TRACE Wildlife Forensics Network   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

crime drop; crime trends; debut crime hypothesis; keystone crime hypothesis; opportunity theory; security hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952944805     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427810391539     Document Type: Article

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