Fear of crime in Brisbane: Individual, social and neighbourhood factors in perspective

Journal of Sociology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-27

  McCrea, Rod ^a   Shyy, Tung Kai ^a   Western, John ^a   Stimson, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Unvi of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fear of crime; Incivilities; Neighbourhood disorder; Neighbourhood structure; Social disorganization; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 28744435033     PISSN: 14407833     EISSN: 17412978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1440783305048381     Document Type: Review

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