Communities and crime prevention

Evidence-Based Crime Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 165-197

  Welsh, Brandon C ^a   Hoshi, Akemi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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EID: 85136874630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203166697-5     Document Type: Chapter

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