Where women fear to tread: Images of danger and the effects of fear of crime in Singapore

GeoJournal

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-286

  Yeoh, Brenda S A ^a   Yeow, Pel Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEAR OF CRIME; GENDER ISSUES; PUBLIC SPACE; WOMEN'S PERCEPTION;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0031427836     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006817400224     Document Type: Article

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