'Doing gender' in fear of crime: The impact of gender identity on reported levels of fear of crime in adolescents and young adults

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-74

  Cops, Diederik ^a   Pleysier, Stefaan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

doing gender; fear of crime; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751479837     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azq065     Document Type: Article

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