Social Capital and Crime in New York City's Low-Income Housing

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 189-226

  Saegert, Susan ^a   Winkel, Gary ^a   Swartz, Charles ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Crime; Low income housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141701726     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2002.9521439     Document Type: Article

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