Fear of crime in Italy: Spread and determinants

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 776-789

  Miceli, Renato ^a   Roccato, Michele ^a   Rosato, Rosalba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crime; Fear; Feelings of being unsafe; Risk perception; Urban environments; Victimization

Indexed keywords

CRIME; PERCEPTION; RISK PERCEPTION; URBANIZATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7744234356     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916503261931     Document Type: Article

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