Fear Appeals in Anti-Knife Carrying Campaigns: Successful or Counter-Productive?

In the UK, knife crime continues to be a persistent and worrying concern. Media campaigns are often used by police and anti-knife crime organisations in an attempt to discourage young people from picking up a weapon. Many focus on the potentially devastating consequences associated with carrying a w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hobson, Zoë (Author)
Contributors: Yesberg, Julia A. ; Bradford, Ben
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Journal of interpersonal violence
Year: 2022, Volume: 37, Issue: 23/24, Pages: NP21573-NP21598
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Terror Management Theory
fear appeals
knife crime
media campaigns
mortality salience