1st Edition
Fear of Crime Incivility and the Production of a Social Problem
By Greta W. Salem
Copyright 1986
162 Pages
by
Routledge
162 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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Mass incarceration and lower crime rates have not made city dwellers feel safe. Programs designed to deal with this problem focus on increased police protection. In this study, Lewis and Salem question the validity of these assumptions and the effectiveness of this approach. Their five-year investigation challenged theories that focused only on the psychological responses to victimization and... Read more
List of Tables and Figures, Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1 The Emergence of Fear of Crime as a Social Problem, 2 Fear of Crime and Community Context, 3 An Empirical Application of the Social Control Perspective: Fear of Crime in Ten Urban Neighborhoods, 4 Fear of Crime in the Neighborhoods, 5 Social Disorganization and Neighborhood Change, 6 Sources of Social Control, 7 Crime, Fear, and Community Context, 8 Social Problems, Public Policy, and Political Responsibility, 9 Fear of Crime and Political Responsibility, References, Index
Biography
Dan A. Lewis
