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Daily Archives: 9 August 2011

Criminality, pure and simple

Posted on 9 August 2011 by Geoff

Map of confirmed #londonriots locations overlaid on choropleth map of deprivation index

Map of confirmed #londonriots locations overlaid on choropleth map of deprivation index

(via @dsingleton @davidreevely @keeran)
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