RT Article
T1 Questioning the measurement of the 'fear of crime'. Findings from a major methodological study
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 37
IS 4
SP 658
OP 679
A2 Farrall, Stephen 1969-
A2 Bannister, Jon
A2 Ditton, Jason
A2 Gilchrist, Elizabeth
LA English
YR 1997
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640121196
AB Research upon the fear of crime has grown substantially in recent years. From its very inception, this field has relied almost exclusively upon quantitative surveys, which have suggested that the fear of crime is a prevalent social problem. However, doubts about the nature of the instruments used to investigate this phenomenon have cumulatively raised the possibility that the fear of crime has been significantly misrepresented. Dealing with the epistemological, conceptual, operational and technical critiques of quantitative surveys in general and of fear of crime surveys in particular, this article suggests that our understanding of the fear of crime is a product of the way it has been researched rather than the way it is. As the aim of the research project under which this data was collected was to develop and design new quantitative questions, the article ends with some possible solutions to the epistemological, conceptual, operational and technical problems discussed which may improve future quantitative research in this field
K1 Schottland
K1 Kriminalitätsfurcht
K1 Methodenprobleme