The effects of the announcement and opening of light rail transit stations on neighborhood crime

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 549-566

  Billings, Stephen B ^a   Leland, Suzanne ^a   Swindell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; RAILWAY TRANSPORT;

EID: 82255162924     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2011.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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