The relationship between disorder, perceived risk, and collective efficacy: a look into the indirect pathways of the broken windows thesis

Criminal Justice Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 408-432

  Hinkle, Joshua C ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

broken windows; collective efficacy; disorder; fear of crime; incivilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887051790     PISSN: 1478601X     EISSN: 14786028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478601X.2013.843253     Document Type: Article

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