Fear of crime and criminal victimization: Testing a theory of psychological incapacitation of the 'stressor' based on downward comparison processes

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 473-484

  Winkel, Frans Willem ^a  

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EID: 0032387398     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a014258     Document Type: Article

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