Inventing Fear of Crime

by Murray Lee

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843921758
• ISBN13: 9781843921752
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Willan Publishing (UK)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"