ABSTRACT
This book presents new empirical and conceptual work on the questions of fear, anxiety, risk and trust - both as problems of everyday living and as key themes in the culture and politics of contemporary Western societies. The volume includes contributions from distinguished social researchers from Britain, the United States, Germany and Italy and will be of interest to academics and students in the areas of criminology and sociology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |115 pages
Private Troubles
chapter |18 pages
Victims R Us
The life history of ‘fear of crime' and the politicisation of violence
chapter |19 pages
No More Happy Endings?
The media and popular concern about crime since the Second World War
part II|125 pages
Public Issues
chapter |20 pages
Social Conflict and the Microphysics Of Crime
The experience of the Emilia-RomagnaCittà sicure project
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chapter |34 pages
Criminal Victimisation And Social Adaptation In Modernity
Fear of crime and risk perception in the new Germany
chapter |14 pages
William Horton's Long Shadow
‘Punitiveness' and ‘managerialism’ in the penal politics of Massachusetts, 1988–99
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