Social Insecurities and Fear of Crime: a Cross-National Study on the Impact of Welfare State Policies on Crime-related Anxieties

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...

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Main Author: Hummelsheim, Dina (Author)
Contributors: Hirtenlehner, Helmut (Other) ; Jackson, Jonathan (Other) ; Oberwittler, Dietrich (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2011
In:In: European Sociological Review 27(2011), 3, Seite 1-26
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Kriminalität
Wahrnehmung
Sozialstaat
Sozioökonomische Faktoren
Soziale Sicherung
Europa
Wohlfahrtsstaat
Sozialausgaben
European Social Survey
Sekundäranalyse
Selbstbewusstsein
Angst
Sozialpolitik