Fear of crime
Jackson, J.
& Gouseti, I.
(2014).
Fear of crime.
In
Mitchell Miller, J.
(Ed.),
Encyclopedia of theoretical criminology
.
Wiley-Blackwell.
& Gouseti, I.
(2014).
Fear of crime.
In
Mitchell Miller, J.
(Ed.),
Encyclopedia of theoretical criminology
.
Wiley-Blackwell.
Fear of crime describes a range of different feelings, thoughts and behaviours that people have regarding the subjective risk of criminal victimization. In this entry the main conclusions of criminological inquiry on these feelings, thoughts and behaviours are reviewed. We also consider the ways in which individuals impute criminal threat onto individuals, groups and community conditions, and propose possible avenues for future research.