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This research was partially supported by NIMH Grant #ROI MH 29620. The authors thank Wesley G. Skogan and anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on an earlier draft.
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Riger, S., LeBailly, R.K. & Gordon, M.T. Community ties and urbanites' fear of crime: An ecological investigation. Am J Commun Psychol 9, 653–665 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00896247
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