Fear of Crime in Local Communities after School Shootings

Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 154-171

  Vuori, Miika ^a   Oksanen, Atte ^b   Räsänen, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Finnish Youth Research Society   (Finland)

Author keywords

Community survey; Fear of crime; Mass violence; School shootings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887988786     PISSN: 14043858     EISSN: 16512340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14043858.2013.797244     Document Type: Article

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