Bridging the social and the psychological in the fear of crime

Fear of Crime: Critical Voices in an Age of Anxiety

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 143-167

  Jackson, Jonathan ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203894408     Document Type: Chapter

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