Investigating the Spatiotemporal Links Between Disorder, Crime, and the Fear of Crime.
While links between social and physical disorder, crime, and the fear of crime have long been areas of research interest, few studies have looked at these links from a spatiotemporal viewpoint. This is somewhat surprising, as many of the factors associated with disorder, crime, and fear are known to...
| Published in: | Professional Geographer Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 1 - 13 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2005
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