The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on reported Crimes in Louisiana: A spatial and temporal analysis

Professional Geographer

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 244-261

  Leitner, Michael ^a   Barnett, Michelle ^b   Kent, Joshua ^a   Barnett, Tom ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b eQHealth Solutions   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ARIMA; Cumulative percentile map; HurricaneKatrina; Reported crimes

Indexed keywords

CRIME; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; MAPPING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953189693     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2010.547156     Document Type: Article

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