Neighbourhood disorder and worry about criminal victimization in the neighbourhood

International Review of Victimology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-310

  Mellgren, Caroline ^a   Pauwels, Lieven ^b   Levander, Marie Torstensson ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

disorder; Fear of crime; multilevel; neighbourhood effects; Sweden; victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864736362     PISSN: 02697580     EISSN: 20479433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026975801001700303     Document Type: Article

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