Crime travel demand and bank robberies: Using crimeStat III to model bank robbery trips

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-258

  Levine, Ned ^a  

^a Ned Levine and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank robbery; Crime travel demand modeling; Crime trips; Journey to crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047698383     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439306298923     Document Type: Article

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