Micro-structure in micro-neighborhoods: A new social distance measure, and its effect on individual and aggregated perceptions of crime and disorder

Social Networks

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-159

  Hipp, John R ^a  

^a Department of Sociology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Disorder; Neighborhoods; Social disorganization; Social distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649180091     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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