Revisiting risk sensitivity in the fear of crime

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 513-537

  Jackson, Jonathan ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fear of crime; personal vulnerability; probability insensitivity; risk perception; sensitivity to risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855156437     PISSN: 00224278     EISSN: 1552731X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022427810395146     Document Type: Article

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