Fear of Crime and Feelings of Unsafety in European Countries: Macro and Micro Explanations in Cross-National Perspective

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 278-301

  Visser, Mark ^a   Scholte, Marijn ^a   Scheepers, Peer ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84875684886     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tsq.12020     Document Type: Article

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