Revisiting Jane Jacobs's ‘eyes on the street’ for the twenty-first century: Evidence from environmental criminology

The Urban Wisdom of Jane Jacobs

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 196-214

  Cozens, Paul ^a   Hillier, David ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 84905742264     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203095171     Document Type: Chapter

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