Fear of Crime: Critical Voices in an Age of Anxiety

by Murray Lee

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415436915
• ISBN13: 9780415436915
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Routledge Cavendish
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"