Crime, fear of crime and the operation of crime control in the light of victim surveys and other empirical studies [Documento electrónico]

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BOERS, Klaus
Crime, fear of crime and the operation of crime control in the light of victim surveys and other empirical studies [Documento electrónico] / Klaus Boers.- Strasbourg : Council of Europe, 2003.- 1 CD-ROM ; 12 cm. - (PC-CRC (2003) 1)
Comunicação apresentada na "22nd Criminological Research Conference (PC-CRC)", promovida pelo "European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC)", que teve lugar em Estrasburgo, de 24 a 26 de Novembro de 2003. Ficheiro de 1 Mb em formato pdf (24 p.).

MEDO DO CRIME, VITIMAÇÃO, ANÁLISE SOCIAL, UNIÃO EUROPEIA, ESTADOS UNIDOS, INGLATERRA, ALEMANHA

1. Introduction. 2. The history of fear of crime. 3. What is fear of crime? 4. Prevalence and development of fear of crime. 4.1 General fear of crime in the European Union. 4.2 General fear of crime in the United States and West Germany. 4.3 Specific fear of crime in England & Wales and in East & West Germany (after the reunification). 4.3.1 England and Wales. 4.3.2 East and West Germany. 5. Theoretical approaches and empirical evidence. 5.1 The victimisation perspective. 5.2 The social problem perspective (Impact of the media, transmission of social fears). 5.3 The social control perspective (Disorganisation of the neighbourhood). 5.4 The interactive model. 6. Fear of crime and community prevention. 7. Conclusion. References.