Cross-cultural invariance and gender bias when measuring ‘fear of crime’

International Review of Victimology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-260

  Pleysier, Stefaan ^a   Vervaeke, Geert ^a   Goethals, Lohan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 34247669853     PISSN: 02697580     EISSN: 20479433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026975800401000303     Document Type: Article

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