The fear-increasing and fear-decreasing effects of a pilot policy to reduce fear of crime [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Fear of crime has been rising persistently in Chile, even in periods where actual crime rates have decreased, making the perception of crime an important policy issue.
José Miguel Benavente, Daniel Goya
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The Association between Fear of Crime, Educational Attainment, and Health [PDF]
Epidemiologia, 2023 Fear of crime is an important public health problem that impacts people’s quality of life, health, and wellbeing, and causes mental health ailments (e.g., anxiety).
Gloria Macassa +5 more
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Unsafe and unequal: a decomposition analysis of income inequalities in fear of crime in northern Sweden [PDF]
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018 Background Fear of crime is not solely an individual concern, but as a social determinant of health structured by gender it also poses a threat to public health.
Beáta Vivien Boldis +2 more
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Modelling the fear of crime. [PDF]
Proc Math Phys Eng Sci, 2017 How secure people feel in a particular region is obviously linked to the actual crime suffered in that region but the exact relationship between crime and its fear is quite subtle. Two regions may have the same crime rate but their local perception of security may differ.
Prieto Curiel R, Bishop S.
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Different measures of fear of crime and survey measurement error [PDF]
, 2010 The measurement of fear of crime is acknowledged as a hot methodological issue. Many studies have focused on the cognitive and behavioural components of fear.
Wim Hardyns, Lieven Pauwels
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Fear of crime and its relationship to self-reported health and stress among men [PDF]
Journal of Public Health Research, 2018 Background: Fear of crime is a growing social and public health problem globally, including in developed countries such as Sweden. This study investigated the impact of fear of crime on self-reported health and stress among men living in Gävleborg County.
Gloria Macassa +5 more
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Public Health Research, 2014 Background: Crime and fear of crime may impact negatively on health and well-being. Interventions to reduce crime and fear of crime, particularly interventions in the physical environment, may be a promising way to improve population-level well-being ...
Theo Lorenc +9 more
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"If you are on duty, you may be afraid to come out to attend to a person": fear of crime and security challenges in maternal acute care in Nigeria from a realist perspective. [PDF]
BMC Health Serv Res, 2020 Etiaba E +8 more
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Study of Fear of Crime in High Crime Areas in Shiraz
جامعه شناسی کاربردی, 2009 This paper investigated fear of crime in the case of personal and neighborhood related variables. Aquestionnaire survey conducted in two high crime areas (Ahnmadino and Dehpialeh) in Shiraz-Iran, among300 residents.
Habib Ahmadi +2 more
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Social Fear of Crime and Its Consequences [PDF]
Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Prawa w Bielsku-Białej, 2020 Social fear of crime is a phenomenon of interest to scientific disciplines. The present study draws primarily on the achievements of criminology. It shows that there are different ways of interpreting fear of crime, explaining its causes and responding ...
Leszek Wilk, Bogdan Fibinger
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