Gender differences in risk perception and neutralizing fear of crime: Toward resolving the paradoxes

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 608-634

  Smith, William R ^c   Torstensson, Marie ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Swedish Defence   (Sweden)

^c NONE

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EID: 0031534991     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a014201     Document Type: Article

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