A commercially available crime index may be a reliable alternative to actual census-tract crime in an urban area
Health research on the effects of crime has been hampered by a lack of small-scale, reliable crime data. Our objective is to assess the accuracy of a set of commercially available crime indices for use in health research. The 2016 release of Applied Geographic Solutions’ (AGS) crime indices are base...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-03-01
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Series: | Preventive Medicine Reports |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335519301676 |