Functional fear and public insecurities about crime

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-22

  Jackson, Jonathan ^a   Gray, Emily ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; Fear of crime; Neighbourhood disorder; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749087974     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azp059     Document Type: Article

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