Individual and contextual determinants of victimisation in Brazilian urban centres: A multilevel approach

Urban Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1559-1573

  Moura, Klebson ^a   Neto, Raul Silveira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

crime; economics; hierarchical analysis; individual characteristics; robbery; social context; South America; victimisation

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CRIME; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84966703632     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015580899     Document Type: Article

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