Review article

Understanding fear of crime

Dalibor Doležal ; Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

Abstract

Fear of crime as a concept has been present in criminological literature for quite some time. Numerous researches have been undertaken in order to explain this phenomenon, but still, it remains unclear what exactly represents this concept. Because of this, the expert working in the field of crime prevention have been having difficulties in creating successful preventive programs of fear of crime. Therefore, it is the aim of this paper to present theoretical issues regarding the concept of fear of crime, as well as the overview of some theoretical models and, in the end, some propositions for implementations of successful preventive programs.

Keywords

fear of crime; models of fear of crime; prevention

Hrčak ID:

52012

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/52012

Publication date:

15.3.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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