The Relationship Between Likelihood and Fear of Criminal Victimization : Evaluating Risk Sensitivity as a Mediating Concept

Crime surveys typically ask respondents how likely' they think it is that they will become a crime victim in the future. The responses are interpreted here as risk' statements. An investigation of the risk literature shows the concept to be considerably more complex than at first imagined,...

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Contributors: Austen, Liz ; Ditton, Jason
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2007
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2007, Volume: 47, Issue: 1, Pages: 133-153
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