Youth co-offending networks: An investigation of social and spatial effects

Social Networks

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-149

  Schaefer, David R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Crime; ERGM; Neighborhoods; Social distance; Spatial proximity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855198673     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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