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Social Order and the Fear of Crime in Contemporary Times

Farrall Stephen D. Jackson Jonathan Gray, Emily
Innbundet / 2009 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780199540815
Publisert
2009
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
559 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
340

Forfatter
Farrall Stephen D.
Jackson Jonathan
Gray, Emily

Om bidragsyterne

Dr. Stephen Farrall is a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Law, Politics & Justice, Keele University. He previously worked at Centre for Criminological Research, University of Oxford and the Department of Law, University of Sheffield. Stephen has several years experience of quantitative data analysis, and is the author or co-author of over 50 books, articles and reports. Dr. Jonathan Jackson is Lecturer in Research Methodology at the Methodology Institute, London School of Economics (LSE). A psychologist by training, his research centres on public attitudes towards crime, policing and punishment. He completed his Doctorate on the fear of crime at the LSE and is the author or co-author of many articles and book chapters. Emily Gray is a Research Fellow in the Institute of Law, Politics & Justice, Keele University. She previously worked at Centre for Criminological Research, Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh, and has co-authored a book on Serious Offenders.

Social Order and the Fear of Crime in Contemporary Times

Farrall Stephen D. Jackson Jonathan Gray, Emily
Innbundet / 2009 / Engelsk
Farrall Stephen D. Jackson Jonathan Gray, Emily
Innbundet / 2009 / Engelsk
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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 for the fear of crime, arguing that such methods, which involve intensity questions (such as 'how worried are you about x ...'), may actually conflate an 'expressive' or 'attitudinal' component of the fear of crime with an experiential component and therefore fail to provide a comprehensive insight into how crime is perceived. Taking an entirely new approach to their subject, the authors use existing quantitative data from the British Crime Survey to pose theoretically informed questions to help identify those who only 'expressively' fear crime, separating them from those who have the actual experience of worrying about crime. By exploring the extent to which each group has different social attitudes and backgrounds, and whether there is more than one social/cultural form of the fear of crime, this innovative and exciting title promises to reposition this aspect of criminology to a more prominent place.
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The fear of crime has been recognized as an important social problem, affecting a significant number of people. In this book, the authors review the findings from over 35 years of research into attitudes to crime and propose a new model, separating those who only 'expressively' fear crime from those who have actual experience of worrying about it.
Les mer
PART I ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Provenance of Fear ; 3. What is the Fear of Crime? A Rhetorical Question with No One Clear Answer ; 4. Theorising the Fear of Crime: The Cultural and Social Significance of Insecurity ; PART II ; 5. Conversations about Crime, Place and Community ; 6. Types and Intensities of Fear ; 7. Experience and Expression in the Fear of Crime ; PART III ; 8. The Anxieties of Affluence ; METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX
Les mer
The authors succeed where European criminology seldom does, a meeting and fusion of elaborate theoretical views and extremely valuable empirical methodology. Therefore this work has to be viewed as exemplary.
Les mer
"This is an extremely sophisticated look at the "fear of crime" that draws from a disciplines ranging from survey methodology to the psychology of emotion, from criminology to sociology. The book also deploys both qualitative and quantitative data to provide a nuanced and multi-faceted examination of the fear of crime." Roger Tourangeau, Research Professor, University of Maryland Research Professor, University of Michigan
Les mer
Offers a new model for analysing the fear of crime that distinguishes between those who say they fear crime from those who actually experience it Builds upon the methodological work carried out by the authors which concludes that the results of fear of crime surveys may be a function of the way the topic is researched Combines quantitative data from the British crime Survey with new, theoretically informed questions to alter what we know about the fear of crime Critically reviews the findings of over 35 years of research into public attitudes on crime Examines the different social attitudes and backgrounds of those who fear crime and explores whether there is more than one social norm of the fear of crime
Les mer
Dr. Stephen Farrall is a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Law, Politics & Justice, Keele University. He previously worked at Centre for Criminological Research, University of Oxford and the Department of Law, University of Sheffield. Stephen has several years experience of quantitative data analysis, and is the author or co-author of over 50 books, articles and reports. Dr. Jonathan Jackson is Lecturer in Research Methodology at the Methodology Institute, London School of Economics (LSE). A psychologist by training, his research centres on public attitudes towards crime, policing and punishment. He completed his Doctorate on the fear of crime at the LSE and is the author or co-author of many articles and book chapters. Emily Gray is a Research Fellow in the Institute of Law, Politics & Justice, Keele University. She previously worked at Centre for Criminological Research, Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh, and has co-authored a book on Serious Offenders.
Les mer
Offers a new model for analysing the fear of crime that distinguishes between those who say they fear crime from those who actually experience it Builds upon the methodological work carried out by the authors which concludes that the results of fear of crime surveys may be a function of the way the topic is researched Combines quantitative data from the British crime Survey with new, theoretically informed questions to alter what we know about the fear of crime Critically reviews the findings of over 35 years of research into public attitudes on crime Examines the different social attitudes and backgrounds of those who fear crime and explores whether there is more than one social norm of the fear of crime
Les mer

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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 for the fear of crime, arguing that such methods, which involve intensity questions (such as 'how worried are you about x ...'), may actually conflate an 'expressive' or 'attitudinal' component of the fear of crime with an experiential component and therefore fail to provide a comprehensive insight into how crime is perceived. Taking an entirely new approach to their subject, the authors use existing quantitative data from the British Crime Survey to pose theoretically informed questions to help identify those who only 'expressively' fear crime, separating them from those who have the actual experience of worrying about crime. By exploring the extent to which each group has different social attitudes and backgrounds, and whether there is more than one social/cultural form of the fear of crime, this innovative and exciting title promises to reposition this aspect of criminology to a more prominent place.
Les mer
The fear of crime has been recognized as an important social problem, affecting a significant number of people. In this book, the authors review the findings from over 35 years of research into attitudes to crime and propose a new model, separating those who only 'expressively' fear crime from those who have actual experience of worrying about it.
Les mer
PART I ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Provenance of Fear ; 3. What is the Fear of Crime? A Rhetorical Question with No One Clear Answer ; 4. Theorising the Fear of Crime: The Cultural and Social Significance of Insecurity ; PART II ; 5. Conversations about Crime, Place and Community ; 6. Types and Intensities of Fear ; 7. Experience and Expression in the Fear of Crime ; PART III ; 8. The Anxieties of Affluence ; METHODOLOGICAL APPENDIX
Les mer
The authors succeed where European criminology seldom does, a meeting and fusion of elaborate theoretical views and extremely valuable empirical methodology. Therefore this work has to be viewed as exemplary.
Les mer
"This is an extremely sophisticated look at the "fear of crime" that draws from a disciplines ranging from survey methodology to the psychology of emotion, from criminology to sociology. The book also deploys both qualitative and quantitative data to provide a nuanced and multi-faceted examination of the fear of crime." Roger Tourangeau, Research Professor, University of Maryland Research Professor, University of Michigan
Les mer
Offers a new model for analysing the fear of crime that distinguishes between those who say they fear crime from those who actually experience it Builds upon the methodological work carried out by the authors which concludes that the results of fear of crime surveys may be a function of the way the topic is researched Combines quantitative data from the British crime Survey with new, theoretically informed questions to alter what we know about the fear of crime Critically reviews the findings of over 35 years of research into public attitudes on crime Examines the different social attitudes and backgrounds of those who fear crime and explores whether there is more than one social norm of the fear of crime
Les mer
Dr. Stephen Farrall is a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Law, Politics & Justice, Keele University. He previously worked at Centre for Criminological Research, University of Oxford and the Department of Law, University of Sheffield. Stephen has several years experience of quantitative data analysis, and is the author or co-author of over 50 books, articles and reports. Dr. Jonathan Jackson is Lecturer in Research Methodology at the Methodology Institute, London School of Economics (LSE). A psychologist by training, his research centres on public attitudes towards crime, policing and punishment. He completed his Doctorate on the fear of crime at the LSE and is the author or co-author of many articles and book chapters. Emily Gray is a Research Fellow in the Institute of Law, Politics & Justice, Keele University. She previously worked at Centre for Criminological Research, Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh, and has co-authored a book on Serious Offenders.
Les mer
Offers a new model for analysing the fear of crime that distinguishes between those who say they fear crime from those who actually experience it Builds upon the methodological work carried out by the authors which concludes that the results of fear of crime surveys may be a function of the way the topic is researched Combines quantitative data from the British crime Survey with new, theoretically informed questions to alter what we know about the fear of crime Critically reviews the findings of over 35 years of research into public attitudes on crime Examines the different social attitudes and backgrounds of those who fear crime and explores whether there is more than one social norm of the fear of crime
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199540815
Publisert
2009
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
559 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
25 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
340

Forfatter
Farrall Stephen D.
Jackson Jonathan
Gray, Emily

Om bidragsyterne

Dr. Stephen Farrall is a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Law, Politics & Justice, Keele University. He previously worked at Centre for Criminological Research, University of Oxford and the Department of Law, University of Sheffield. Stephen has several years experience of quantitative data analysis, and is the author or co-author of over 50 books, articles and reports. Dr. Jonathan Jackson is Lecturer in Research Methodology at the Methodology Institute, London School of Economics (LSE). A psychologist by training, his research centres on public attitudes towards crime, policing and punishment. He completed his Doctorate on the fear of crime at the LSE and is the author or co-author of many articles and book chapters. Emily Gray is a Research Fellow in the Institute of Law, Politics & Justice, Keele University. She previously worked at Centre for Criminological Research, Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh, and has co-authored a book on Serious Offenders.

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