ABSTRACT
The study of public perceptions of crime has been a significant theme in the social sciences. Fear of crime research has grappled with the issue of how citizens assess their risk of becoming a victim of crime and which resources they utilize in decision-making. While research into fear of crime has predominately been undertaken in the field of criminology, it has also been inherently interdisciplinary. 2017 constitutes an important marker in the life-course of fear of crime research. The import of this historical moment will not be lost on those with a keen interest in fear of crime and its body of research. Fear of crime as a concept was largely born as a result of the President's Commission Report and the research emerging from the surveys that informed its findings. Key contributions to understanding people's worries about crime have derived from, inter alia, human geography, psychology, sociology, political science, cultural studies, gender studies, history, planning and architecture.
