Crime Talk in the Suburbs: Symbolic Representations of Status and Security on a Master Planned Estate

Housing Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1162-1181

  Cheshire, Lynda ^a   Wickes, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

cognitive dissonance; Crime talk; identity; neighbourhood; online; symbolic capital

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; INTERNET; INVESTMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBURBAN AREA; SYMBOLISM;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84869151008     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2012.728573     Document Type: Review

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