Neighbourhood life, social capital and perceptions of safety in the Western suburbs of Adelaide

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 549-562

  Ziersch, Anna ^a   Putlan, Christine ^a   Palmer, Catherine ^b   MacDougall, Colin ^a   Baum, Fran ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neighbourhood; Path analysis; Safety; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049084087     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2007.tb00077.x     Document Type: Article

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