Fear of Crime Among Residents of Three Communities in Accra, Ghana

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  2002

• Venue

  International Journal of Comparative Sociology

• Publication date

  2002-04-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology

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  DOI 10.1177/002071520204300203
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