Urban Poverty Traps: Neighbourhoods and Violent Victimisation and Offending in Nairobi, Kenya

Urban Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1812-1832

  Parks, Michael J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nairobi; neighbourhood; neighbourhood effects; sub Saharan Africa; urban poverty; urbanisation and developing countries; violence

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DEVELOPING WORLD; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; SAFETY; SOCIAL THEORY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

EID: 84901293392     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013504144     Document Type: Article

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