Geographical units of analysis and the analysis of crime

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 109-122

  Rengert, George F ^a   Lockwood, Brian ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79961158335     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09688-9_5     Document Type: Chapter

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