The law of concentrations of crime at place: The case of Tel Aviv-Jaffa

Police Practice and Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 101-114

  Weisburd, David ^a,b   Amram, Shai ^a,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ministry of Public Security   (Israel)

Author keywords

crime and place; crime concentrations; hot spots of crime; street segments; Tel Aviv Jaffa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893802346     PISSN: 15614263     EISSN: 1477271X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15614263.2013.874169     Document Type: Article

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