Spatial Heterogeneity, Social Capital, and Rural Larceny and Burglary

Rural Sociology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-253

  Deller, Steven ^a   Deller, Melissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; HETEROGENEITY; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 84861761800     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2012.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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