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Neighborhood Structures and Crime : a Spatial Analysis.

Thinking in spatial terms is essential in understanding crime and criminal behavior. By integrating newly developed statistical methods from interdisciplinary fields with social disorganization theory and routine activities theory, Kikuchi examines the spatial and temporal dynamics of crime at the n...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kikuchi, George
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010.
Series:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Longitudinal analysis of crime rates at the neighborhood level
  • An analysis of spatially varying associations between neighborhood characteristics and crime
  • A spatial analysis of criminal offenders' target selection
  • Conclusion.