Perception or Reality, What Matters Most When it Comes to Crime in Your Neighbourhood?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 877-896

  Ambrey, Christopher L ^a   Fleming, Christopher M ^a   Manning, Matthew ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey; Life satisfaction; Perceptions of crime; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888219252     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: 15730921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0521-6     Document Type: Article

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