Go where the money is: Modeling street robbers' location choices

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-143

  Bernasco, Wim ^a   Block, Richard ^b   Ruiter, Stijn ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Census block; Chicago; Crime; Discrete choice; Robbery; Spatial spillover

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CRIME; LOCATION DECISION; SPILLOVER EFFECT; URBAN AREA;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872450842     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbs005     Document Type: Article

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