A Test of the Routine Activities and Neighborhood Attachment Explanations for Bias in Disorder Perceptions

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 587-609

  Wallace, Danielle ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disorder perceptions; neighborhood attachment; neighborhoods; routine activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864842074     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128711426538     Document Type: Article

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