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The Routledge International Handbook on Fear of Crime brings
together original and international state of the art contributions
of theoretical, empirical, policy-related scholarship on the
intersection of perceptions of crime, victimisation, vulnerability
and risk. This is timely as fear of crime has now been a focus of
scholarly and policy interest for some fifty years and shows little
sign of abating. Research on fear of crime is demonstrative of the
inter-disciplinarity of criminology, drawing in the disciplines of
sociology, psychology, political science, history, cultural
studies, gender studies, planning and architecture, philosophy and
human geography. This collection draws in many of these
interdisciplinary themes. This collections also extends the
boundaries of fear of crime research. It does this both
methodologically and conceptually, but perhaps more importantly it
moves us beyond some of the often repeated debates in this field to
focus on novel topics from unique perspectives. The book begins by
plotting the history of fear of crime's development, then moves on
to investigate the methodological and theoretical debates that have
ensued and the policy transfer that occurred across jurisdictions.
Key elements in debates and research on fear of crime concerning
gender, race and ethnicity are covered, as are contemporary themes
in fear of crime research, such as regulation, security, risk and
the fear of terrorism, the mapping of fear of crime and fear of
crime beyond urban landscapes. The final sections of the book
explore geographies of fear and future and unique directions for
this research.
An attention to the 'fear of crime' has found its way into
governmental interventions in crime prevention and into popular
discourse with many newspapers, local government and the like
conducting their own fear of crime surveys. As a concept, 'fear of
crime' has also produced considerable academic debate since it
entered the criminological vocabulary in the 1960s.
Bringing together a collection of new and cutting edge articles
from key scholars in criminology, Fear of Crime challenges many
assumptions which remain submerged in attempts to measure and
attribute cause to crime fear. But, in questioning the orthodoxy of
'fear of crime' models, along with inquiries that have supposed
that fear is objectively quantifiable and measurable, the articles
collected here also offer new paradigms and methods of inquiry for
approaching 'fear of crime'.
An attention to the 'fear of crime' has found its way into
governmental interventions in crime prevention and into popular
discourse with many newspapers, local government and the like
conducting their own fear of crime surveys. As a concept, 'fear of
crime' has also produced considerable academic debate since it
entered the criminological vocabulary in the 1960s.
Bringing together a collection of new and cutting edge articles
from key scholars in criminology, Fear of Crime challenges many
assumptions which remain submerged in attempts to measure and
attribute cause to crime fear. But, in questioning the orthodoxy of
'fear of crime' models, along with inquiries that have supposed
that fear is objectively quantifiable and measurable, the articles
collected here also offer new paradigms and methods of inquiry for
approaching 'fear of crime'.
Over the past four decades the fear of crime has become an
increasingly significant concern for criminologists,
victimologists, policy makers, politicians, police, the media and
the general public. For many practitioners reducing fear of crime
has become almost as important an issue as reducing crime itself.
The identification of fear of crime as a serious policy problem has
given rise to a massive amount of research activity, political
discussion and intellectual debate. Despite this activity, actually
reducing levels of fear of crime has proved difficult. Even in
recent years when many western nations have experienced reductions
in the levels of reported crime, fear of crime has often proven
intractable. The result has been the development of what amounts to
a fear of crime industry. Previous studies have identified
conceptual challenges, theoretical cul-de-sacs and methodological
problems with the use of the concept fear of crime. Yet it has
endured as both an organizing principal for a body of research and
a term to describe a social malady. This provocative, wide ranging
book asks how and why fear of crime retains this cultural,
political and social scientific currency despite concerted
criticism of its utility? It subjects the concept to rigorous
critical scrutiny taking examples from the UK, North America and
Australia. Part One of Inventing Fear of Crime traces the
historical emergence of the fear of crime concept, while Part Two
addresses the issue of fear of crime and political rationality, and
analyses fear of crime as a tactic or technique of government. This
book will be essential reading on one of the key issues in
government and politics in contemporary society.
Over the past four decades the fear of crime has become an
increasingly significant concern for criminologists,
victimologists, policy makers, politicians, police, the media and
the general public. For many practitioners reducing fear of crime
has become almost as important an issue as reducing crime itself.
The identification of fear of crime as a serious policy problem has
given rise to a massive amount of research activity, political
discussion and intellectual debate.
Despite this activity, actually reducing levels of fear of crime
has proved difficult. Even in recent years when many western
nations have experienced reductions in the levels of reported
crime, fear of crime has often proven intractable. The result has
been the development of what amounts to a fear of crime industry.
Previous studies have identified conceptual challenges, theoretical
cul-de-sacs and methodological problems with the use of the concept
fear of crime. Yet it has endured as both an organizing principal
for a body of research and a term to describe a social malady. This
provocative, wide ranging book asks how and why fear of crime
retains this cultural, political and social scientific currency
despite concerted criticism of its utility? It subjects the concept
to rigorous critical scrutiny taking examples from the UK, North
America and Australia.
Part One of Inventing Fear of Crime traces the historical
emergence of the fear of crime concept, while Part Two addresses
the issue of fear of crime and political rationality, and analyses
fear of crime as a tactic or technique of government. This book
will be essential reading on one of the key issues in government
and politics in contemporary society.
The Routledge International Handbook on Fear of Crime brings
together original and international state of the art contributions
of theoretical, empirical, policy-related scholarship on the
intersection of perceptions of crime, victimisation, vulnerability
and risk. This is timely as fear of crime has now been a focus of
scholarly and policy interest for some fifty years and shows little
sign of abating. Research on fear of crime is demonstrative of the
inter-disciplinarity of criminology, drawing in the disciplines of
sociology, psychology, political science, history, cultural
studies, gender studies, planning and architecture, philosophy and
human geography. This collection draws in many of these
interdisciplinary themes. This collections also extends the
boundaries of fear of crime research. It does this both
methodologically and conceptually, but perhaps more importantly it
moves us beyond some of the often repeated debates in this field to
focus on novel topics from unique perspectives. The book begins by
plotting the history of fear of crime's development, then moves on
to investigate the methodological and theoretical debates that have
ensued and the policy transfer that occurred across jurisdictions.
Key elements in debates and research on fear of crime concerning
gender, race and ethnicity are covered, as are contemporary themes
in fear of crime research, such as regulation, security, risk and
the fear of terrorism, the mapping of fear of crime and fear of
crime beyond urban landscapes. The final sections of the book
explore geographies of fear and future and unique directions for
this research.
This book examines the relationship between police, media and the
public and analyses the shifting techniques and technologies
through which they communicate. In a critical discussion of
contemporary and emerging modes of mediatized police work, Lee and
McGovern demonstrate how the police engage with the public through
a fluid and quickly expanding assemblage of communications and
information technologies. Policing and Media explores the
rationalities that are driving police/media relations and asks; how
these relationships differ (or not) from the ways they have
operated historically; what new technologies are influencing and
being deployed by policing organizations and police public
relations professionals and why; how operational policing is
shaping and being shaped by new technologies of communication; and
what forms of resistance are evident to the manufacture of
preferred images of police. The authors suggest that new forms of
simulated and hyper real policing using platforms such as social
media and reality television are increasingly positioning police
organisations as media organisations, and in some cases enabling
police to bypass the traditional media altogether. The book is
informed by empirical research spanning ten years in this field and
includes chapters on journalism and police, policing and social
media, policing and reality television, and policing resistances.
It will be of interest to those researching and teaching in the
fields of Criminology, Policing and Media, as well as police and
media professionals.
This book examines the relationship between police, media and the
public and analyses the shifting techniques and technologies
through which they communicate. In a critical discussion of
contemporary and emerging modes of mediatized police work, Lee and
McGovern demonstrate how the police engage with the public through
a fluid and quickly expanding assemblage of communications and
information technologies. Policing and Media explores the
rationalities that are driving police/media relations and asks; how
these relationships differ (or not) from the ways they have
operated historically; what new technologies are influencing and
being deployed by policing organizations and police public
relations professionals and why; how operational policing is
shaping and being shaped by new technologies of communication; and
what forms of resistance are evident to the manufacture of
preferred images of police. The authors suggest that new forms of
simulated and hyper real policing using platforms such as social
media and reality television are increasingly positioning police
organisations as media organisations, and in some cases enabling
police to bypass the traditional media altogether. The book is
informed by empirical research spanning ten years in this field and
includes chapters on journalism and police, policing and social
media, policing and reality television, and policing resistances.
It will be of interest to those researching and teaching in the
fields of Criminology, Policing and Media, as well as police and
media professionals.
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