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2014
According to Hale ( 1996) and Farrall, Gray, and Jackson ( 2007), fear of crime (FOC) refers to the fear of being a victim of crime as opposed to the actual probability of being a victim of crime, while according to Ferraro ( 1995, p. 24), FOC is an emotional response expressed in the form of “dread” of becoming a victim of crime or anxiety toward ...
Franc, Renata, Sučić, Ines
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According to Hale ( 1996) and Farrall, Gray, and Jackson ( 2007), fear of crime (FOC) refers to the fear of being a victim of crime as opposed to the actual probability of being a victim of crime, while according to Ferraro ( 1995, p. 24), FOC is an emotional response expressed in the form of “dread” of becoming a victim of crime or anxiety toward ...
Franc, Renata, Sučić, Ines
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2017
Abstract Fear of crime has been a serious social problem studied for almost 40 years. Early researchers focused on operationalization and conceptualization of fear of crime, specifically focusing on what fear of crime was (and was not) and how to best tap into the fear of crime construct.
Dan A. Lewis, Greta W. Salem
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Abstract Fear of crime has been a serious social problem studied for almost 40 years. Early researchers focused on operationalization and conceptualization of fear of crime, specifically focusing on what fear of crime was (and was not) and how to best tap into the fear of crime construct.
Dan A. Lewis, Greta W. Salem
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Fear of crime before ‘fear of crime?’
2017During the Victorian period, there were sporadic well-known ‘moral panics’ about violent crime, such as the outbreak of garrotting in the 1850s and 1860s. By the mid-nineteenth century the growth of the popular press ensured that concern and anxiety about crime and victimisation was a regular public debate, witness the Jack the Ripper scare in 1888 for
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Fear of Crime and Fear of the Police
Social Problems, 1971Based on a nationwide random sample survey, the relationship among fear of crime, fear of the police, support for the police, and support for civil liberties is examined. It is found, contrary to expectations, that fear of crime is only weakly related to either support for the police or protection from them.
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, 1997 This study uses unit record data from the Queensland Crime Victim Survey to analyse the joint likelihood of becoming a victim of, and being afraid of becoming a victim of ...
Borooah, Vani, Carcach, Carlos
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2018
Fear of crime' emerged as a focus for criminological inquiry and policy concern in the USA in the mid-to late 1960s. In the 1980s and 1990s, understandings of fear of crime that had been derived from national victimization survey findings faced challenges from various perspectives.
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Fear of crime' emerged as a focus for criminological inquiry and policy concern in the USA in the mid-to late 1960s. In the 1980s and 1990s, understandings of fear of crime that had been derived from national victimization survey findings faced challenges from various perspectives.
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The Credibility of Newspapers and Fear of Crime
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2000It was hypothesized that the effect of a fear‐arousing newspaper article about crime on fear of crime and concern about crime as a societal problem is dependent on source (newspaper) credibility. In an experimental study, participants were presented with an article on street robberies, ostensibly published in a more credible newspaper or in a less ...
Koomen, W, Visser, M, Stapel, D.A.
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2017
Contents: Part 1 An Overview of the Field: Public reaction to crime in the streets, Frank F. Furstenberg A cross-national comparison of victims of crime: victim surveys of 12 countries, Richard Block. Part 2 The Causes of Vulnerability: Safe conduct: women, crime and self in public places, Carol Brooks Gardner Boys don't cry: masculinities, fear of ...
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Contents: Part 1 An Overview of the Field: Public reaction to crime in the streets, Frank F. Furstenberg A cross-national comparison of victims of crime: victim surveys of 12 countries, Richard Block. Part 2 The Causes of Vulnerability: Safe conduct: women, crime and self in public places, Carol Brooks Gardner Boys don't cry: masculinities, fear of ...
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Spatial Dimensions of Fear in a High-Crime Community: Fear of Crime or Fear of Disorder?
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2009This article presents findings from a two-year study of fear of crime and victimization in a high-crime, inner-city neighbourhood in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Face-to-face interviews were carried out in 2007 with a sample of 394 neighbourhood residents.
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