The American Response to Fear of Crime

Abstract

A survey of American citizens revealed fear of criminal victimization had a significant influence over peoples lives (Gallup Poll, 1989). The fear of crime has become an important area of research for criminal justice professionals. This paper looked at who feared crime and how citizens reacted to their fear of crime. Next, crime victim survey results and police records of crime were presented to assess whether the publics' fear of crime was justified. Finally some suggestions were presented to reduce citizens' fear of crime.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA267957

Entities

People

  • Rickey H. Turner

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adolescents
  • Age Groups
  • Air Force
  • Crime
  • Criminals
  • Criminology
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Human Population
  • Law
  • Military Families
  • Psychology
  • Sexual Assault
  • Social Problems
  • Social Psychology
  • Societies
  • United States

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.