Safe life in the suburbs? Crime and perceptions of safety in new residential developments in Prague's hinterland, Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F14%3A10283424" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/14:10283424 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://eur.sagepub.com/content/23/4/677" target="_blank" >http://eur.sagepub.com/content/23/4/677</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969776414534254" target="_blank" >10.1177/0969776414534254</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Safe life in the suburbs? Crime and perceptions of safety in new residential developments in Prague's hinterland, Czech Republic
Original language description
Despite a rich body of literature dealing with suburbanization across Central and East Europe, the issues of crime and safety in residential suburbs have not been addressed. At the same time it is obvious that the existing knowledge on suburban crime derived mainly from Western experience cannot be simply transferred to the post-socialist transition context. This research investigates the issues of crime and safety in new residential neighbourhoods in the hinterland of Prague, the Czech Republic. Suburbanites' fear of crime and feeling of safety are discussed in the context of registered crime patterns in the Prague metropolitan region. The research draws on data gathered in a questionnaire survey of newcomers to suburban housing. The findings confirm the generally high feelings of safety in low-crime suburban districts. Our analysis further showed that age, previous victimization and length of residency are the main determinants of fear of crime in Prague's suburban communities.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
DE - Earth magnetism, geodesy, geography
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
European Urban and Regional Studies
ISSN
0969-7764
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
23
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
677-696
UT code for WoS article
000385668100009
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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