Established-Outsider Relations and Fear of Crime in Mining Towns

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-169

  Scott, John ^a   Carrington, Kerry ^b   McIntosh, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84859438945     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2011.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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