Television and Fear of Crime: Program Types, Audience Traits, and the Mediating Effect of Perceived Neighborhood Racial Composition

Social Problems

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 395-415

  Eschholz, Sarah ^a   Chiricos, Ted ^b   Gertz, Marc ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0141644178     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2003.50.3.395     Document Type: Review

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