The impact of social capital on crime: Evidence from the Netherlands

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 323-340

  Akcomak, T Semih ^a   ter Weel, Bas ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crime; Social capital; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

CRIME; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; URBAN AREA;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 80054968470     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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