Urban streets as micro contexts to commit violence

Putting Crime in its Place: Units of Analysis in Geographic Criminology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 199-216

  Van Wilsem, Johan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79958273897     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09688-9_9     Document Type: Chapter

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