Analyzing hotspots of crime using a bayesian spatiotemporal modeling approach: A case study of violent crime in the greater Toronto area

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-19

  Law, Jane ^a   Quick, Matthew ^a   Chan, Ping W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CRIME; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MODELING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84922670383     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gean.12047     Document Type: Article

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