Teaching Fear: How We Learn to Fear Crime and Why It Matters

by Nicole E. Rader

Where do lessons of "stranger danger" and safety come from--and do they apply differently for women? A gender-fear paradox shows that although women are less likely to be victims of most crimes (sexual assault aside), their fear of crime is greater. Moreover, girls and women--especially White women--are taught to fear the wrong things and given impossible tools to prevent victimization. In Teaching Fear, Nicole Rader zooms in on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439921032
• ISBN13: 9781439921036
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"