Crime and the design of residential property – exploring the perceptions of planning professionals, burglars and other users: Part 2

Property Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 222-248

  Cozens, Paul ^a   Hillier, David ^a   Prescott, Gwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime; Design; Property; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172681     PISSN: 02637472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005784     Document Type: Article

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