Generative explanations of crime: Using simulation to test criminological theory

Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 221-254

  Birks, Daniel ^a   Townsley, Michael ^a   Stewart, Anna ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Burglary; Environmental criminology; Simulation; Theory testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856468456     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2011.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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