Ecological Assessments of Community Disorder: Their Relationship to Fear of Crime and Theoretical Implications

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-107

  Perkins, Douglas D ^a   Taylor, Ralph B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological assessment; Fear of crime; HLM; Multilevel analysis; Neighborhood social disorder; Newspaper content analysis; Physical incivilities; Residential blocks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CRIME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BALTIMORE; CHILD; CRIME; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030076747     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02511883     Document Type: Article

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