Multilevel Longitudinal Impacts of Incivilities: Fear of Crime, Expected Safety, and Block Satisfaction

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-274

  Robinson, Jennifer B ^a   Lawton, Brian A ^b   Taylor, Ralph B ^b   Perkins, Douglas D ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broken windows; Fear of crime; Incivilities; Multilevel

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041709476     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024956925170     Document Type: Article

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