The effect of neighborhood characteristics and spatial spillover on Urban juvenile delinquency and recidivism

Professional Geographer

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-192

  Mennis, Jeremy ^a   Harris, Philip W ^a   Obradovic, Zoran ^a   Izenman, Alan J ^a   Grunwald, Heidi E ^a   Lockwood, Brian ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geography of crime; Juvenile delinquency; Juvenile justice; Juvenile recidivism

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CRIME; JUVENILE; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953208629     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00330124.2010.547149     Document Type: Article

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