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Defensible Spaces in Philadelphia: Exploring Neighborhood Boundaries Through Spatial Analysis
Rory Kramer
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences February 2017, 3 (2) 81-101; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2017.3.2.04
Rory Kramer
aAssistant professor of sociology at Villanova University

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