Predicting fear of crime: Considering differences across gender

Feminist Criminology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-106

  Franklin, Cortney A ^a   Franklin, Travis W ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disorder model; Fear of crime; Fear of victimization; Female fear; Gender; Social integration model; Vulnerability model

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149350230     PISSN: 15570851     EISSN: 1557086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557085108325196     Document Type: Article

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