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Title
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Transit Riders and Access to Bus Service: A Neighborhood Analysis
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Author
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Wells, Kirstin
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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City planning, Public administration, Transportation--Planning
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Description
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Intra-jurisdictional delivery of publicly provided services often results in observable differences in service levels that vary by spatial subunit (neighborhood). These variations are related to the socio-demographic characteristics of neighborhoo...
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The impact of police agency size on crime clearance rates
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Author
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Kennedy, William
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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Public administration
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Description
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The impact of police agency size on the ability of those agencies to deliver necessary police services is a question critical to many policy makers as they attempt to determine the best and most efficient manner to provide police services to their...
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Title
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The Economic Impact of Spatial Income Inequality
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Author
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Li, Huiping
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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City planning, Economics, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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Spatial income inequality refers to the unequal distribution of income across communities. This study broadens the concept to include residential segregation, central city-suburban income disparity, and government fragmentation. Combining the comp...
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Local Public Sector Allocation of Scarce Emergency Assets: An Evaluation of the Fire Service
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Author
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Boyd, Jr., Robert
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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Political science, Public administration
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Description
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The methodology utilized by public sector managers to allocate scarce resources determines the level, efficiency, and effectiveness of service delivery. These decisions are influenced by a myriad of factors, not the least of which is the ideal goa...
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Information Technology and Criminal Investigations: Does IT Matter?
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Author
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Hekim, Hakan
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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Political science
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Description
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As an important police activity, criminal investigation heavily relies on recovery, analysis and interpretation of information. Since information technologies facilitate creation, storage, retrieval, process and dissemination of information, polic...
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Cluster Requiem and the Rise of Cumulative Growth Theory
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Author
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Kunkle, Gary
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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City planning, Public administration
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Description
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Industry cluster theory has been the predominant model guiding economic development policy throughout the world for nearly two decades. As appealing as the cluster approach has been to regional scientists and policy makers it suffers from a number...
