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
Publication date:
15.3.2009.
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