Greenspace and Crime: An Analysis of Greenspace Types, Neighboring Composition, and the Temporal Dimensions of Crime

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 303-337

  Kimpton, Anthony ^a   Corcoran, Jonathan ^a   Wickes, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

amenities; criminological theory; parks; quantitative research; research methods; routine activity theory; statistical methods; urban crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018769186     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427816666309     Document Type: Article

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