Do fringe banks create fringe neighborhoods? Examining the spatial relationship between fringe banking and neighborhood crime rates

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 755-784

  Kubrin, Charis E ^a   Hipp, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community crime rates; Fringe lenders; Land use; Social disorganization; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910128785     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2014.959036     Document Type: Article

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