RT Article
T1 The role of anxiety in fear of crime
JF Crime, risk and insecurity
SP 31
OP 49
A1 Hollway, Wendy
A2 Jefferson, Tony 1946-
LA English
YR 2000
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/187633469X
AB 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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