The British Crime Survey: First Report: Home Office Research Study No. 76

Hough, Mike; Mayhew, Pat

doi:10.1037/e449722008-001

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“…Crime surveys historically have investigated fear of crime via questions about unsafety at home, unsafety when walking in respondents' own neighbourhood alone after dark and worry about victimisation by representative crime types, usually burglary, car crime, assault and rape (Hough and Mayhew 1983;Hales et al 2000). It is only recently that has the 2003/2004 British Crime Survey (BCS) included questions on frequency and intensity of crime-related anxieties which according to earlier pilot studies record more accurately fear of crime .…”

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Fear of Crime and Victimization

Tseloni

Zarafonitou

2008

European Journal of Criminology

111

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This study models simultaneously three commonly used indicators of fear of crime — feeling unsafe alone at home after dark, feeling unsafe walking alone after dark and worry about becoming a victim of crime — against direct (being a victim) and indirect (knowing a victim) victimization, controlling for demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of individuals via multivariate, i.e. multiple responses, multilevel analysis of data from Athens, Greece. The results show that (a) the association of the three indicators weakens as key explanatory factors of fear of crime are accounted for, (b) crime experiences are related to feeling unsafe at home alone after dark only via its association with feeling unsafe walking alone after dark and worry about becoming a victim of crime and (c) indirect and direct prior victimization and crime exposure predominantly shape perceived future risk.

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Fear of Crime and Victimization

Tseloni

Zarafonitou

2008

European Journal of Criminology

111

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“…Areas with high unemployment tend to be, as previously noted, poorer areas of the city, and these areas often contain a housing mix characterized by multifamily dwellings, low-rise apartment buildings, and row housing. Areas where these multiple-family housing facilities dominate may be deficient in structurally imposed forms of guardianship (Crowe 1991;Crowe and Zahm 1994;Hough and Mayhew 1980;Wilson 1978). These facilities often include common areas in parking lots, pathways, and open spaces between buildings.…”

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The Impact of Neighborhoods, Schools, and Malls on the Spatial Distribution of Property Damage

Lagrange¹

1999

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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Using data obtained from three different sources, principles derived from routine activities theory are used to predict the distribution of minor property crimes in a medium-sized Canadian city during a 1-year period. Mischief and vandalism incidents recorded by the local police, transit department, and department of parks and recreation are aggregated by census enumeration area using mapping software, and analyzed in relation to three sets of predictors: (1) neighborhood demographic characteristics; (2) the proximity of shopping malls; and (3) the proximity of public and Catholic senior and junior high schools. Similar patterns observed for the three types of damage are examined in relation to the convergence of potential offenders, reduced guardianship, and increased opportunity as derived from routine activities theory.

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“…Some European surveys, which were developed considerably later than their American counterpart, have been more ambitious in this respect; see Hough and Mayhew (1983), Hough and Moxon (1985), Van Dijk et al (1990), Van Dijk and Mayhew(1992).…”

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1997

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The British Crime Survey: First Report: Home Office Research Study No. 76

Cited by 62 publications

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Fear of Crime and Victimization

Fear of Crime and Victimization

The Impact of Neighborhoods, Schools, and Malls on the Spatial Distribution of Property Damage

Third parties: victims and the criminal justice system

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