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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Main Author: Hollway, Wendy (Author)
Contributors: Jefferson, Tony
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2000
In: Crime, risk and insecurity
Year: 2000, Pages: 31-49
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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.
ISBN:9780203389492