Race/ethnicity and perceptions of safety among a national sample of Americans

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 281-294

  Jordan, Kareem L ^a   Gabbidon, Shaun L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Harm; Race; Safety perceptions; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955216679     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: 15563839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734016810366453     Document Type: Article

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