Perceived risk versus fear of crime: Empirical evidence of conceptually distinct reactions in survey data

Social Forces

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1353-1376

  Rountree, Pamela Wilcox ^a   Land, Kenneth C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030534322     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/74.4.1353     Document Type: Article

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