ABSTRACT
This chapter assesses the relationship between types of anxiety and levels of fear of crime. In short, we attempt to discover how much reported fear of crime has more to do with anxiety than it has to do with crime. Data are from a random sample survey of Trinidadian respondents (n = 636) undertaken in 2000. This study utilised Ferraro’s (1995) fear of crime scale as a measure of fear and Spielberger’s (1983) State-Trait Anxiety Inventory to measure respondents’ levels of anxiety. Findings suggest that state and trait anxiety exert an influence on fear of victimisation.
