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This paper gives an account of two public-sector housing estates in Sheffield. The two are adjacent to each other, share a number of facilities, and have very similar demographic characteristics; yet their crime profiles, as shown in recorded police statistics, are very different indeed.
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Downes, D. (1989). A Tale of Two Estates. In: Downes, D. (eds) Crime and the City. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09304-5_3
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