Measuring Community (Dis)Organizational Processes through Key Informant Analysis

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 401-417

  Pauwels, Lieven ^a   Hardyns, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Collective Efficacy; Disorder; Key Informant Analysis; Social Disorganization; Social Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950763002     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370809337878     Document Type: Article

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