Generating action and responding to local issues: Collective efficacy in context

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 423-443

  Wickes, Rebecca L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Community; Crime; Crime prevention; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957833606     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: 18379273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.43.3.423     Document Type: Article

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