RT Article
T1 Social Insecurities and Fear of Crime: a Cross-National Study on the Impact of Welfare State Policies on Crime-related Anxieties
A1 Hummelsheim, Dina
A2 Hirtenlehner, Helmut
A2 Jackson, Jonathan
A2 Oberwittler, Dietrich
LA English
YR 2011
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1588525619
AB This article assesses the association between national welfare state regimes and public insecurities about crime across Europe. A multilevel analysis of respondents in 23 countries sampled in the 2004/05 European Social Survey finds a strong relationship between insecurities about crime and national levels of social expenditure and decommodification of social welfare policy. Some social protection measures are more strongly associated with national levels of fear of crime than others, especially public non-monetary support for children and families that strengthens the individual's capacity to cope with problems on their own. We conclude with the idea that state-level social protections may buffer the development of widespread fear of crime by increasing self-efficacy and thereby mitigating various social and economic fears. (author's abstract)
CN 150 300 301
K1 Kriminalität
K1 Wahrnehmung
K1 Sozialstaat
K1 Sozioökonomische Faktoren
K1 Soziale Sicherung
K1 Europa
K1 Wohlfahrtsstaat
K1 Sozialausgaben
K1 European Social Survey
K1 Sekundäranalyse
K1 Selbstbewusstsein
K1 Angst
K1 Sozialpolitik
DO 10.1093/esr/jcq010