Socio-demographic correlates of fear of crime and the social context of contemporary urban China

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 93-108

  Liu, Jianhong ^a,b   Messner, Steven F ^c   Zhang, Lening ^d   Zhuo, Yue ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Criminal justice; Fear of crime; Neighborhoods; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CRIME; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CRIME; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349671373     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-009-9255-7     Document Type: Article

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