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Northern Territory safe streets audit [PDF]
This audit examined crime and safety issues in the Northern Territory urban communities of Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs to help inform effective strategies to reduce the actual and perceived risk of victimisation. Abstract This Special Report is
Anthony Morgan +3 more
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The relationship between burglary, crime rates and "fear of crime" measures: a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University [PDF]
, 1993 "Fear of crime" is an area that has attracted considerable research attention in recent decades. The primary aim of the present study was to examine the influence of crime-related predictors on perceptions and behaviours relevant to domestic burglary ...
Allan, Kirsty M
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European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, 2009 This article presents the main results of a biannual inquiry on fear of crime in the city of Oporto (Portugal). Given the ongoing controversy on fear of crime measurement, we developed an instrument that: (a) differentiates between fear, risk and ...
Celina Manita, Carla Machado
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Kidnappings in Mexico City: A Social Problem [PDF]
, 2013 This paper examines criminal kidnappings in Mexico City, Mexico. While numerous types of crime are prevalent in Mexico’s capital, kidnapping remains a constant social problem affecting not only wealthy individuals and families, but also members across ...
Liamos, Jared
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Analoge und digitale Unsicherheiten: Eine neue Perspektive auf Kriminalitätsfurcht [PDF]
, 2015 Die Messung und Erklärung von Kriminalitätsfurcht ist ein seit Jahrzehnten umstrittenes Thema in der Kriminologie und ihren Nachbardisziplinen. Dieser Beitrag schlägt einen Weg vor, wie Kriminalitätsfurcht empirisch breiter als mit dem bisher üblichen ...
Bug, Mathias +2 more
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Comparing Residents’ Fear of Crime with Recorded Crime Data—Case Study of Ostrava, Czech Republic
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2019 The fear of crime is an established research topic, not only in sociology, environmental psychology and criminology, but also in GIScience. Using spatial analysis to analyse patterns, explore hotspots and determine the significance of respective surveys ...
Jiří Pánek, Igor Ivan, Lucie Macková
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How does proximity to crime influence people's perception of safety? [PDF]
Individuals may put themselves at risk of criminal victimisation through a misguided sense of safety born from the optimistic notion that crime happens “elsewhere”.
Sanson, Charlotte
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Reducing Fear of Crime for Sustaining Cities; A Case Study from Turkey [PDF]
, 2011 In urban areas, fear of crime constitutes as much a problem as crime itself. Fear of crime is often associated with fear for one's personal safety, particularly, safety from violent crimes and physical or sexual harassment in public areas.
Deniz, Deniz
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract To solidify their power over society, totalitarian regimes will usually eliminate any dissent, any perceived threats early on. These threats include not only political enemies but also educated and independent segments of society, such as professional associations.
Michael Hortsch
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Life satisfaction and happiness: discussing the impact of fear of crime and victimization
Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Philosophica et Historica, 2018 Subjective well-being is usually studied with respect to marital and occupational status, income or subjective health. Conversely, research examining the relationship between this phenomenon and crime related factors is still relatively limited.
Eva Krulichová
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