The role of neighbourhoods in shaping crime and perceptions of crime

Neighbourhood Effects or Neighbourhood Based Problems?: A Policy Context

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 67-87

  Brunton Smith, Ian ^a   Sutherland, Alex ^b   Jackson, Jonathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6695-2_4     Document Type: Chapter

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