The Association Between the Fear of Crime, and Mental and Physical Wellbeing in New Zealand

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 281-294

  Pearson, Amber L ^a   Breetzke, Gregory D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Crime; Fear; Mental health; Physical health; Social fragmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886745630     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0489-2     Document Type: Article

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