Bridging levels of analysis in risk perception research: The case of the fear of crime

Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Jackson, Jonathan ^a   Allum, Nick ^b   Gaskell, George ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fear of crime; Narrative to risk; Psychology of risk; Risk perception; Social perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 31844438447     PISSN: 14385627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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