Gender, perceptions of safety and strategic responses among Ohio University students

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-370

  Starkweather, Sarah ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Campus; Fear; Gender; Public space; Safety

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; PERCEPTION; SAFETY; STUDENT; WOMENS STATUS;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249847852     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690701325000     Document Type: Article

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