The role of anxiety in fear of crime
Our topic derives from the ‘risk-fear’ paradox in the fear of crime literature; that is, those least at risk (old women) are most fearful and vice versa. Our hypothesis in starting our research 1 was that the introduction of anxiety into the debate would assist our understanding of this paradox; we...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2000
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Crime, risk and insecurity
Year: 2000, Pages: 31-49 |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Summary: | Our topic derives from the ‘risk-fear’ paradox in the fear of crime literature; that is, those least at risk (old women) are most fearful and vice versa. Our hypothesis in starting our research 1 was that the introduction of anxiety into the debate would assist our understanding of this paradox; we assumed that people's fear of crime would not be a direct response to risk of victimisation but would be mediated by anxiety and defences against it. In the event, our hypothesis proved fruitful. |
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| ISBN: | 9780203389492 |