Dire forecast: A theoretical model of the impact of climate change on crime

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-42

  Agnew, Robert ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; environmental criminology; global warming; green criminology; strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857710127     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: 14617439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480611416843     Document Type: Article

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