Race, crime and social exclusion: A qualitative study of white women's fear of crime in Johannesburg

Urban Forum

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 53-79

  Allen, Danielle Burger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 1142296416     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-002-0008-z     Document Type: Article

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