Neighbourhood design and fear of crime: A social-ecological examination of the correlates of residents' fear in new suburban housing developments

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1156-1165

  Foster, Sarah ^a   Giles Corti, Billie ^a   Knuiman, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Built environment; Collective efficacy; Crime; Fear; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CRIME; HOUSING PROJECT; NEIGHBORHOOD; SUBURBAN AREA; SUBURBANIZATION; URBAN DESIGN;

ADULT; ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEAR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOME RANGE; HOME SAFETY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBURBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 77957684403     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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