New urbanism, crime and the suburbs: A review of the evidence

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 429-444

  Cozens, Paul Michael ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crime; Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED); Environmental criminology; New Urbanism; Permeability; Residential suburbs

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049173326     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111140802084759     Document Type: Review

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