Neighborhood ethnic composition and resident perceptions of safety in European countries

Social Problems

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-135

  Semyonov, Moshe ^a,b   Gorodzeisky, Anastasia ^c   Glikman, Anya ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethnic composition; Europe; Fear of crime; Immigration; Neighborhood safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856941434     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2012.59.1.117     Document Type: Article

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