Fear of Crime as a Social Fact
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2555239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allen E Liska (Albany State University, corresponding author), Joseph J Lawrence (Central Michigan University), Andrew Sanchirico (Albany State University) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 760 |
| Publication date | 1982-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2578391 |
| OpenAlex | W4232653579 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 94 |
Fear of crime has emerged as a significant issue. Much research has investigated the extent and distribution of fear across such social statuses as age, sex, class, and race. Our research takes a different direction: it treats fear as a social fact which varies across sites and situations—fear between cities and the structural characteristics of cities which influence it, such as crime rates, the proportion of crime which is interracial, racial composition (percent nonwhite and segregation), and population size. Using data from the National Crime Survey (NCS) and various other sources, we regress fear of crime on these structural characteristics for 26 cities. For whites the analysis suggests that fear is affected by property crime rates and the proportion of crime which is interracial, and that racial composition indirectly affects fear by strongly influencing the proportion of crime which is interracial. For nonwhites the analysis suggests that fear is also affected by racial composition, but not by crime rates or the proportion of crime which is interracial. The paper explores the meaning of these findings for a structural theory of the fear of crime
Criminology · Fear of crime · Meaning (existential) · Population · Property crime · Race (biology) · Racial composition · Sociology · Violent crime · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Demography · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Evaluating the impact of Syrian refugees on fear of crime in Turkey
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Revisiting the Minority Threat Perspective
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Did Mass Incarceration Leave Americans Feeling Less Afraid? A Multilevel Analysis of Cumulative Imprisonment and Individual Perceptions of Fear
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Are Places Where People Feel Safe or Unsafe Similar to Spatial Crime Patterns? Extracting the Collective Truth of the Spatial Crime Perception Gap Using Digital Sketch Maps
Assessing Resident Perceptions of Physical Disorder on Perceptions of Crime
Conceal Carry and Race
Changes in crime-related factors and subjective well-being over time and their mutual relationship
Psychological factors of fear of crime
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The Legacy of Slavery and Contemporary Racial Disparities in Arrest Rates
Fear or Loathing in the United States? Public Opinion and the Rise of Racial Disparity in Mass Incarceration, 1978–2015
The Ethnic Typification of Crime and Support for Punitive Attitudes
Fear of Crime Among Black Elderly
Race and Capital Punishment
The Politics of Inclusion
Segregation and African-American imprisonment rates for drug offenses
Men's fear in public places
Racial Typification of Crime and Support for Punitive Measures
Measuring fear of crime during the past 25 years
Exploring the Social Construction of Crime by Neighborhood
The Determinants of the Number of White Supremacist Groups
On the Politics of Imprisonments
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Addressing the inconsistencies in fear of crime research
Concern and Fear of Crime in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
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Criminal Threat, Immigrant/Minority Threat, and Political Ideology
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Fear of Crime and Victimization Among the Elderly in Different Types of Communities
Extending Social Disorganization Theory
Do Neighborhoods Generate Fear of Crime? An Empirical Test Using the British Crime Survey
Reconsidering the Relationship Between Perceived Neighborhood Racial Composition and Whites’ Perceptions of Victimization Risk
The public salience of crime, 1960–2014
Minority Threat and Police Brutality
Resident Perceptions of Crime and Disorder
Racial Composition of Neighborhood and Fear of Crime
Racial Threat, Partisan Politics, and Racial Disparities in Prison Admissions
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Lifestyle, Rational Choice, and Adolescent Fear
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Retracted
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Racial/Ethnic Variation in the Relationship Between Physical Limitation and Fear of Crime
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Vigilantism, Current Racial Threat, and Death Sentences
Fear of Gang Crime
The Penology of Racial Innocence
Inseguridad Percibida en los Barrios de Santiago de Chile
State and County Incarceration Rates
Social Integration, Fear of Crime, and Life Satisfaction
Why Whites Favor Spending More Money to Fight Crime
Perceived Racial and Ethnic Composition of Neighborhood and Perceived Risk of Crime
Crime, News and Fear of Crime
Feeling Safe by Comparison
We Are Like Prey
Fear of Crime Among the Elderly as Person/Environment Interaction
Fear of Crime Among Older People
Fear of Crime and Collective Action
Racial Prejudice and Fear of Criminal Victimization by Strangers in Public Settings
Fear of Criminal Victimization
The Measurement of Fear of Crime
The Proliferation of Criminal Background Check Laws in the United States
An Empirical Assessment of the 'Threat of Victimization
The Gender Gap in Fear
Threat to Whom? Conflict, Consensus, and Social Control
The Influence of a Serial Killer on Changes in Fear of Crime and the Use of Protective Measures
Security Perception and People Well-Being
| Unique citing works | 94 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,19 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2026 (44) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 93 |