Perceptions of safety and victimization: Does survey construction affect perceptions?

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-323

  Yang, Sue Ming ^a   Wyckoff, Laura A ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiment; Fear of crime; Perception of safety; Question order effect; Survey design; Victimization survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955227946     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-010-9100-x     Document Type: Article

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