Target choice during extreme events: A discrete spatial choice model of the 2011 london riots

Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 251-285

  Baudains, Peter ^a   Braithwaite, Alex ^a   Johnson, Shane D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrete choice; Random utility model; Riots; Spatial decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877664225     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1745-9125.12004     Document Type: Article

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