American murder mystery revisited: Do housing voucher households cause crime?

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 551-572

  Ellen, Ingrid Gould ^a   Lens, Michael C ^b   O'Regan, Katherine ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Low income housing; Neighborhood crime; Policy; Vouchers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868131524     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 2152050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2012.697913     Document Type: Article

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