Neighborhood Disinvestment, Abandonment, And Crime Dynamics

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 367-396

  Raleigh, Erica ^a   Galster, George ^b  

^a Data Driven Detroit   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRIME; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN SOCIETY;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942819510     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/juaf.12102     Document Type: Article

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