The spatial context of the disorder-crime relationship in a study of Reno neighborhoods

Social Science Research

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 168-183

  Boggess, Lyndsay N ^a   Maskaly, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broken windows; Disorder; Neighborhoods; Social disorganization; Spatial effects; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLICE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ANOMIE; CRIME; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEVADA; POLICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84887172679     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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