A community issue? Rural women's feelings of safety and fear in New Zealand

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 445-467

  Panelli, Ruth ^a   Little, Jo ^b   Kraack, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; SAFETY; WOMENS STATUS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 4744344096     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369042000258730     Document Type: Article

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