Fear of violent crime among men and women on campus: The impact of perceived risk and fear of sexual assault

Violence and Victims

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 172-192

  Lane, Jodi ^a   Gover, Angela R ^b   Dahod, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Campus; Fear of crime; Gender; Perceived risk; Shadow thesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 66349126927     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.24.2.172     Document Type: Article

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