Fear of Crime among the Elderly: Some Issues and Suggestions
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Social Problems
- Vol. 27 (4) , 492-504
- https://doi.org/10.2307/800177
Abstract
This paper provides a review of the literature on fear of crime among the elderly and its determinants, and a conceptual framework within which to loKeywords
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