Exploring links between juvenile offenders and social disorganization at a large map scale: A Bayesian spatial modeling approach

Journal of Geographical Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-113

  Law, Jane ^a   Quick, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian spatial modeling; Ethnic heterogeneity; Social disorganization; Spatial poisson regression; Young offender juvenile delinquency

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84871932346     PISSN: 14355930     EISSN: 14355949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10109-012-0164-1     Document Type: Article

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