Segregation and victimization: Neighbourhood resources, individual risk factors and exposure to property crime

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-216

  Estrada, Felipe ^a   Nilsson, Anders ^b  

^a National Council for Crime Prevention   (Sweden)

^b Institute for Futures Studies   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Living conditions; Routine activity; Social disorganization; Victim survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149123878     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370807087642     Document Type: Article

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