“Danger lurks around every corner”: Fear of Crime and its Impact on Opportunities for Social Interaction in Stigmatised Australian Suburbs

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-411

  Palmer, Catherine ^a   Ziersch, Anna ^a   Arthurson, Kathy ^b   Baum, Fran ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fear of crime; Public housing; Social interaction; Stigma; Suburbs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864561929     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111470500354216     Document Type: Article

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