The Relationship Between Likelihood and Fear of Criminal Victimization (2006)
Chadee, Derek, Austen, Liz, Ditton, Jason
Crime surveys typically ask respondents how ‘likely’ they think it is that they will become a crime victim in the future. The responses are interpreted here as ‘risk’ statements. An...
People's Perceptions of their Likely Future Risk of Criminal Victimization (2006)
Crime surveys typically ask respondents how likely they think it is that they will be a crime victim in the year after questioning. A three-wave longitudinal panel survey conducted in Trinidad was no...
People's Perceptions of Their Likely Future Risk of Criminal Victimization (2005)
Crime surveys typically ask respondents how likely they think it is that they will be a crime victim in the year after questioning. A three-wave longitudinal panel survey conducted in Trinidad was no...
People's Perceptions of Their Likely Future Risk of Criminal Victimization (2005)
Crime surveys typically ask respondents how likely they think it is that they will be a crime victim in the year after questioning. A three-wave longitudinal panel survey conducted in Trinidad was no...
Ditton, Jason, Chadee, Derek, Farrall, Stephen, Gilchrist, Elizabeth, Bannister, Jon
Although a connection between media reports and dramatizations of crime and peoples' fear of crime is intuitively attractive, an actual relationship has been discovered surprisingly infrequently....
From Imitation to Intimidation (2004)
Ditton, Jason, Chadee, Derek, Farrall, Stephen, Gilchrist, Elizabeth, Bannister, Jon
Although a connection between media reports and dramatizations of crime and peoples’ fear of crime is intuitively attractive, an actual relationship has been discovered surprisingly infrequently....
Are Older People Most Afraid of Crime? Revisiting Ferraro and LaGrange in Trinidad (2003)
This research paper revisits Ferraro and LaGrange's (1992) fear of crime and age study, here using survey data from the Caribbean island of Trinidad but adopting similar methods and statistical...
From: Dept. of Sociology, Social Work & Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences.