Theorizing fear of crime: Beyond the rational/irrational opposition

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 507-523

  Lupton, Deborah ^a   Tulloch, John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Crime; Criminology; Fear; Qualitative research; Rationality; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009922659     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.1999.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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