Routine activities and fear of crime: Specifying individual-level mechanisms

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-119

  Rengifo, Andres F ^a   Bolton, Amanda ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

fear of crime; risk interpretation model; routine activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858662339     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370811421648     Document Type: Article

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