Fear of Crime : Critical Voices in an Age of Anxiety

An attention to the 'fear of crime' has found its way into governmental interventions in crime prevention and into popular discourse with many newspapers, local government and the like conducting their own fear of crime surveys. As a concept, 'fear of crime' has also produced considerable academic debate since it entered the criminological vocabulary in the 1960s. Bringing together a collection of new and cutting edge articles from key scholars in criminology, Fear of Crime challenges many assumptions which remain submerged in attempts to measure and attribute cause to crime fear. But, in questioning the orthodoxy of 'fear of crime' models, along with inquiries that have supposed that fear is objectively quantifiable and measurable, the articles collected here also offer new paradigms and methods of inquiry for approaching 'fear of crime'. Criticial Voices In An Age Of Anxiety : A Reintroduction To The Fear Of Crime / Stephen Farrall & Murray Lee -- The 'moral Panic' That Wasn't : The Sixties Crime Issue In The Us / Dennis Loo -- The Enumeration Of Anxiety : Power, Knowledge And Fear Of Crime / Murray Lee -- Critical Geopolitics And Everyday Fears / Susan Smith & Rachel Pain -- Preventing Indeterminate Threats : Fear, Terror And The Politics Of Preemption / Leanne Weber & Murray Lee -- Being Feared : Masculinity And Race In Public Space / Kristen Day -- Untangling The Web : Deceptive Responding In Fear Of Crime Research / Robbie Sutton & Stephen Farrall -- Anxiety, Defensiveness And The Fear Of Crime / David Gadd & Tony Jefferson -- Bridging The Social And The Psychological In The Fear Of Crime / Jonathan Jackson -- State-trait Anxiety And Fear Of Crime : A Social Psychological Perspective / Derek A. Chadee, Nikiesha J. Virgil & Jason Ditton -- Revisiting Fear Of Crime In Bondi And Marrickville : Sense Of Community And Perceptions Of Safety / Mike Enders & Christine Jennett With Marian Tulloch -- Critical Voices In An Age Of Anxiety : Ending With The Identification Of Where To Begin / Murray Lee & Stephen Farrall. Edited By Murray Lee And Stephen Farrall. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This book brings together a collection of articles from key scholars in criminology. It challenges many assumptions which remain submerged in attempts to measure and attribute cause to crime fear. But, in questioning the orthodoxy of 'fear of crime' models, along with inquiries that have supposed that fear is objectively quantifiable and measurable, the articles collected here also offer new paradigms and methods of inquiry for approaching 'fear of crime' As a concept, the 'fear of crime' has produced considerable academic debate since the 1960s. Attention to the 'fear of crime', 'anxiety about crime' and 'insecurity' in general has found its way into governmental thinking, policy interventions in crime prevention, and popular discourse. Many national, regional and local governments now conduct their own studies into the fear of crime, as do media companies and polling organisations Why is fear of crime so rife in society today? The government and media have ploughed money and resources into surveys and initiatives to find out. As a concept, 'fear of crime' has produced considerable academic debate, and this book brings together a collection of new and cutting edge articles from key scholars in criminology which question the orthodoxy of 'fear of crime' models