The contemporary foreclosure crisis and US crime rates

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1598-1614

  Arnio, Ashley N ^a   Baumer, Eric P ^a   Wolff, Kevin T ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Counties; Crime rates; Foreclosure crisis; Foreclosure rates; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866557015     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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