A multilevel analysis of the vulnerability, disorder, and social integration models of fear of crime

Social Justice Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-227

  Franklin, Travis W ^a   Franklin, Cortney A ^a   Fearn, Noelle E ^b  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disorder; Fear of crime; Multilevel analysis; Social integration; Victimization; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249084624     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-008-0069-9     Document Type: Article

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