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Overview
Just what is the 'fear of crime' and how does it impact upon the lives of the citizens of late modern societies? These are topical questions in an era when politicians compete to diagnose and respond to our worries, when newspapers are sold on the hook of our anxieties and when fortunes are made promoting the latest security technology for the home and the high street. How can the social sciences contribute to this part of the self-understanding of our times? This book presents new empirical and conceptual work on the questions of fear, anxiety, risk and trust - both as problems of everyday living and as key themes in the culture and politics of contemporary western societies. The volume includes contributions from distinguished social researchers from Britain, the United States, Germany and Italy and will be of interest to academics and students in the areas of criminology and sociology.Synopsis
This book presents new empirical and conceptual work on the questions of fear, anxiety, risk and trust - both as problems of everyday living and as key themes in the culture and politics of contemporary Western societies. The volume includes contributions from distinguished social researchers from Britain, the United States, Germany and Italy and will be of interest to academics and students in the areas of criminology and sociology.
Booknews
These dozen essays (some were first presented at the January 1998 symposium held at Lincoln College, Oxford) consider the problem of real crime as opposed to people's fear of crime, the means of discerning the two, and the responses of the social sciences to people's fears. The international group of contributors (like the editors, most are professors of criminology; some teach sociology, law, and social psychology) write on topics that include: the individual's fear of crime, the role of anxiety in that fear, the problem of community in inner city neighborhoods, perspectives on risk and penal politics, social conflict and the microphysics of crime, zero-tolerance policing and liberal government. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)