Progress in Geography, Volume. 39, Issue 5, 815(2020)

Impact of prior crime experiences of street robbers on subsequent crime location choices

Dongping LONG1,1, Lin LIU1,1,2,2、*, Jianguo CHEN1,1, Luzi XIAO1,1, Guangwen SONG1,1, and Chong XU1,1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Geographical Science, Center of GeoInformatics for Public Security, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • 1广州大学地理科学学院,公共安全地理信息分析中心,广州 510275
  • 2Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH 45221-0131, Ohio, USA
  • 2辛辛那提大学地理系,美国 辛辛那提 OH 45221-0131
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    Paper Information

    Received: May. 6, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 16, 2020

    The Author Email: LIU Lin (liu@uc.edu)

    DOI:10.18306/dlkxjz.2020.05.010

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