Cops and robbers in cincinnati: A spatial modeling approach for examining the effects of aggressive policing

Annals of GIS

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-71

  Hall, Davin ^a   Liu, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive policing; Cincinnati; Diffusion of benefits; Displacement of crime; GIS; Operation Vortex; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021353813     PISSN: 19475683     EISSN: 19475691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475680903271158     Document Type: Article

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