The fear factor: Examining the spatial variability of recorded crime on the fear of crime

Applied Geography

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-52

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Crime; Fear of crime; Multilevel modeling; New Zealand; Spatial regression

Indexed keywords

CRIME; GIS; MODELING; NATIONAL SECURITY; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84887578330     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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