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Chapter 1 The Current State of Fear of Crime in America: A Broad Overview Copyright © 2014 Carolina Academic Press. All rights reserved.

Book Overview Fear of Crime – Causes – Contextual Cues – Consequences – Implications Copyright © 2014 Carolina Academic Press. All rights reserved.

Introduction How Fear of Crime Develops Implications of Fear of Crime Copyright © 2014 Carolina Academic Press. All rights reserved.

Fear Usually a rational response to current or perceived threat – Coping function – Increases chances of survival Abnormal fear – Can be extremely harmful – Phobias Copyright © 2014 Carolina Academic Press. All rights reserved.

Fear of Crime Emotional response To a danger or threat Of a criminal incident Copyright © 2014 Carolina Academic Press. All rights reserved.

Development of Fear “Fear Potential” Learned emotion – What you should and should not fear Copyright © 2014 Carolina Academic Press. All rights reserved.

Prevalence of Fear of Crime National Surveys – GSS and Gallup poll About 1/3 of respondents agree they are afraid to walk alone in their neighborhood at night – Pew Research Center 44% of respondents feel reducing crime should be top priority for presidential agenda International – European Social Survey 19% of respondents felt unsafe; 5% felt very unsafe (Hummelsheim, Hirtenlehner, Jackson and Oberwittler, 2011) Copyright © 2014 Carolina Academic Press. All rights reserved.

Ferraro on Fear of Crime Emotional response Results from both personal crime victimization and symbols of crime Different from perceived risk of crime – Recognition of potentially dangerous situation – Strongest predictor of fear of crime Copyright © 2014 Carolina Academic Press. All rights reserved.

Implications of Fear of Crime Race Relations Racial threat hypothesis Racialization of crime Copyright © 2014 Carolina Academic Press. All rights reserved.

Implications of Fear of Crime Residential Housing Defensible space Quality of life Suburban flight Situational crime prevention Copyright © 2014 Carolina Academic Press. All rights reserved.

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