1988/01/01 by STEVEN BOX, Steven Box, CHRIS HALE +3 · 10 citations
Social Sciences · Environmental Science · #Crime Patterns and Interventions #Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses #Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
paper · doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a047733
The authors construct a model for explaining “fear” of crime by using the relevant literature to identify possible factors and making out a prima facie case for each by examining data from the second British Crime Survey. Using logit analysis this model is tested on data derived from the same survey. The authors show that such factors as gender, age, race, neighbourhood cohesion, confidence in the police, levels of local incivility, experience of victimisation, perception of risk and assessment of offence seriousness all combine to form a theoretical account of “fear” which has strong empirical support. On the basis of these findings, they conclude by making some suggestions for policies to reduce this “fear”.