The effectiveness of women's safety audits

Security Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-218

  Whitzman, Carolyn ^a   Shaw, Margaret ^b   Andrew, Caroline ^c   Travers, Kathryn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b International Centre for the Prevention of Crime   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Women in Cities International   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; India; Safety audits; United Kingdom; Violence prevention; Womens safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650908757     PISSN: 09551662     EISSN: 17434645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sj.2009.1     Document Type: Article

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