Safe on the move: The importance of the built environment

The Urban Fabric of Crime and Fear

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 85-110

  Loukaitou Sideris, Anastasia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84872433563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4210-9_4     Document Type: Chapter

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