A micro-temporal geospatial analysis of medical marijuana dispensaries and crime in Long Beach, California

Addiction

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1027-1035

  Freisthler, Bridget ^a   Ponicki, William R ^b   Gaidus, Andrew ^b   Gruenewald, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Medical marijuana dispensaries; Property crime; Routine activities theory; Spatial analysis; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL CANNABIS;

BAYES THEOREM; CALIFORNIA; CRIME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIOLENCE;

BAYES THEOREM; CALIFORNIA; CRIME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL MARIJUANA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84965065642     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.13301     Document Type: Article

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