fear, which underlies the security discourses, will be discussed. In a second step, the concept of security, its … context of security discourses will be discussed. Finally we will outline how the complex questions of security, risk and fear …

Measuring and explaining the fear of crime in criminology and its related disciplines has been a controversial issue … for decades. The present report proposes a method of examining and measuring the fear of crime with a broader empirical … andprobability of being the victim of a crime has made it possible to describe, for the very first time, a well-founded fear of …

Many people are afraid of falling prey to crime. The present report investigates the extent to which this fear is in … line with the actual regional crime rates. This analysis is based on data from a comprehensive database on the fear of … unreported crime). No evidence was found to support the (occasionally voiced) contention that the fear of falling prey to crime …

The present report analyzes crime reporting in newspapers and compares this to actual crime rates and fear of crime … reporting. A comparison of crime reporting with police crime statistics and the WISIND indicator on the fear of crime also shows … crime figures and fear of crime to some extent. …

fear, which underlies the security discourses, will be discussed. In a second step, the concept of security, its … context of security discourses will be discussed. Finally we will outline how the complex questions of security, risk and fear …

The present report analyzes crime reporting in newspapers and compares this to actual crime rates and fear of crime … reporting. A comparison of crime reporting with police crime statistics and the WISIND indicator on the fear of crime also shows … crime figures and fear of crime to some extent. …

Measuring and explaining the fear of crime in criminology and its related disciplines has been a controversial issue … for decades. The present report proposes a method of examining and measuring the fear of crime with a broader empirical … andprobability of being the victim of a crime has made it possible to describe, for the very first time, a well-founded fear of …

Many people are afraid of falling prey to crime. The present report investigates the extent to which this fear is in … line with the actual regional crime rates. This analysis is based on data from a comprehensive database on the fear of … unreported crime). No evidence was found to support the (occasionally voiced) contention that the fear of falling prey to crime …

Our study is based on the traditional Becker-Ehrlich deterrence model, but we analyse the model in the face of … deterrence hypothesis for crime against property. Only weak support can be observed for crime against the person. Economic and …