Abstract:This study investigates the determinants of self-reported perception of safety by individuals. It emphasizes the differences between urban and rural areas and analyses the effects of neighborhood perceived safety and neighborhood victimization (indirect victimization). Neighbors offer information to one another as they interact, affecting how individuals perceive safety. Data from research on victimization and justice in Brazil for 2009 are used to estimate probit models controlling for socioeconomic variables… Show more
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