Ardanaz, Martin; Corbacho, Ana; Ruiz-Vega, Mauricio - 2014
objective crime trends could have on such perceptions. The results show that information improves perceptions of safety and …Gains from government crime-reducing programs are not always visible to the average citizen. The media overexpose crime … events, but the absence of crime rarely makes the news, increasing the risk that citizen may have inaccurate perceptions of …