Disaggregating the Relationship Between Schools and Crime: A Spatial Analysis

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-190

  Murray, Rebecca K ^a   Swatt, Marc L ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

routine activity theory; schools and crime; spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874479534     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128709348438     Document Type: Article

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