The concentration of crime at place in Montreal and Toronto

The identification of hot spots of crime – areas of high crime intensity – is of primary importance for crime prevention strategies. While the notion of crime hot spots is well accepted in Anglo-Saxon criminology, its empirical foundation is largely drawn from U.S. studies, and comparatively little...

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Main Author: Boivin, Rémi (Author)
Contributors: Nogueira de Melo, Silas (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
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