Suburban neighbourhood design: Associations with fear of crime versus perceived crime risk

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-117

  Foster, Sarah ^a   Knuiman, Matthew ^a   Wood, Lisa ^a   Giles Corti, Billie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Built environment; Crime; Fear of crime; Perceived risk; Retail; Suburban design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882990780     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.07.015     Document Type: Article

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