Victimization and fear of crime

Violence and Victims

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-197

  Weinrath, Michael ^a   Gartrell, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CRIME; FEAR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VICTIM;

EID: 0030426177     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.11.3.187     Document Type: Article

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