An Exploration of Sense of Community and Fear of Crime in Gated Communities

By Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges. 2000

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Who Segregates Whom? The Analysis of a Gated Community in Mendoza, Argentina (2005, background): “Researchers such as Wilson-Doenges (2000) have showed that gated communities are not such a safe place to live and there is no sense of community different from the one that could be in the ‘open city’.”
Understanding the neighborhood: From residents’ perceptions and needs to action (2002, background): “The first two measures address perception rather than actual crime and are generally used interchangeably (Wilson-Doenges 2000).”
Perceptions of Police and Safety in a Small Town (2005, background): “Neighborhood disorder or general neighborhood environment has also been a regular focus of research on fear of crime (Ackah, 2000; Akers, La Greca, Sellers, & Cochran, 1987; Baba & Austin, 1989; Burby & Rohe, 1989; Chiricos, Hogan, & Gertz, 1997; Lee & Ulmer, 2000; Will & McGrath, 1995; Wilson-Doeng”
Place attachment: How far have we come in the last 40 years? (2011, unknown): “…Kaplan (2004) on the effects of living in New Urbanism settlements, compared to traditional ones, studies of effects of living in gated communities (Wilson-Doenges, 2000), or studies which included size of a building or type of housing into predictors of attachment (Gillis, 1977; Lewicka, 2010;…”