Introduction: Progress in research on the Geography of Crime

Professional Geographer

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-173

  LeBeau, James L ^a   Leitner, Michael ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion of benefits; Geography of crime; Spatial methods

Indexed keywords

CRIME; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953189048     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2010.547147     Document Type: Article

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