How Places Influence Crime: The Impact of Surrounding Areas on Neighbourhood Burglary Rates in a British City

Urban Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1057-1072

  Hirschfield, Alex ^a   Birkin, Mark ^b   Brunsdon, Chris ^c   Malleson, Nicolas ^b   Newton, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CRIME; LAND USE PLANNING; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; URBAN AREA;

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EID: 84904242984     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013492232     Document Type: Article

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