Crime Mapping On-line: Public Perception of Privacy Issues

European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 167-190

  Kounadi, Ourania ^a   Bowers, Kate ^b   Leitner, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Location privacy; Public perception and crime mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923420135     PISSN: 09281371     EISSN: 15729869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10610-014-9248-4     Document Type: Article

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