Soc Ord & Fear Crime Contemp Times CSC C

by Stephen Farrall, Emily Gray, Jonathan Jackson

The fear of crime has been recognized as an important social problem in its own right, with a significant number of citizens in many countries concerned about crime. In this book, the authors critically review the main findings from over 35 years of research into attitudes to crime, highlighting groups who are most fearful of crime and exploring the theories used to account for that fear. Using this research, the authors move on to propose a new model...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199540810
• ISBN13: 9780199540815
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"