Microcycles of Violence: Evidence from Terrorist Attacks by ETA and the FMLN

Recent research has demonstrated that individual crimes elevate the risk for subsequent crimes nearby, a phenomenon termed “near-repeats.” Yet these assessments only reveal global patterns of event interdependence, ignoring the possibility that individual events may be part of localized bursts of ac...

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Main Author: Behlendorf, Brandon (Author)
Contributors: LaFree, Gary 1951- ; Legault, Richard
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2012
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2012, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-75
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