Micro scale environmental characteristics and fear of crime / Eylem Akman Cinar and Ebru Cubukcu

• Main Authors: Cubukcu, Ebru, Akman Cinar, Eylem
• Format: Article
• Published: Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying 2013
• Subjects: Criminology
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8765/

This study investigated the relation between crime, fear, and micro level physical environmental features: physical incivilities, places that afford concealment (or refuge), limited prospect, and blocked escape. Low and high crime streets in Istanbul, Turkey was determined. Then 68 streets were sele...