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Crime, neighborhood perceptions, and the underclass: The relationship between fear of crime and class position

✍ Scribed by Jeffry A Will; John H McGrath

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Weight: 1017 KB
Volume: 23
Category: Article
ISSN: 0047-2352
DOI: 10.1016/0047-2352(95)00004-a

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