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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

10. 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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