Stephen Farrall

Does the fear of crime erode public confidence in policing? (2009)

Jackson, Jonathan, Bradford, Ben, Hohl, Katrin, Farrall, Stephen

This paper examines the relationship between public confidence in policing and public perceptions of crime, disorder and social cohesion. Combining data from ten sweeps of the British Crime Survey,...

Does the Fear of Crime Erode Public Confidence in Policing? (2009)

Jackson, Jonathan, Bradford, Ben, Hohl, Katrin, Farrall, Stephen

This paper examines the relationship between public confidence in policing and public perceptions of crime, disorder and social cohesion. Combining data from ten sweeps of the British Crime Survey,...

The Moral Economy of Everyday Crime: Markets, Consumers and Citizens (2006)

Karstedt, Susanne, Farrall, Stephen

Between the crimes in the suites and the crimes in the streets lies the mostly unexplored terrain within which we find crimes of ‘everyday life’. Not all of these are formally illegal, but all...

The Moral Economy of Everyday Crime: Markets, Consumers and Citizens (2006)

Karstedt, Susanne, Farrall, Stephen

Between the crimes in the suites and the crimes in the streets lies the mostly unexplored terrain within which we find crimes of ‘everyday life’. Not all of these are formally illegal, but all...

Explaining Gendered Sentencing Patterns for Violent Men and Women in the Late-Victorian and Edwardian Period (2005)

Godfrey, Barry S., Farrall, Stephen, Karstedt, Susanne

Contemporary studies of disparities in the sentencing of male and female offenders claim that the differences found are caused by gender-related contextual factors, but not by a gender bias. In...

Gender, Socially Desirable Responding and the Fear of Crime: Are Women Really More Anxious about Crime? (2005)

Sutton, Robbie M., Farrall, Stephen

In this article, the authors use survey data to explore relationships between gender, fear of crime and socially desirable responding. The data show that for men, but not women, reported fear levels...

Explaining Gendered Sentencing Patterns for Violent Men and Women in the Late-Victorian and Edwardian Period (2005)

Godfrey, Barry S., Farrall, Stephen, Karstedt, Susanne

Contemporary studies of disparities in the sentencing of male and female offenders claim that the differences found are caused by gender-related contextual factors, but not by a gender bias. In...

Research Note: The Frequency of the Fear of Crime (2004)

Farrall, Stephen, Gadd, David

Research exploring the emotional responses to crime experienced by the citizens of several major European and North American countries, including the UK, has suggested that a significant proportion...

From Imitation To Intimidation: A Note on the Curious and Changing Relationship between the Media, Crime and Fear of Crime (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....

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....

Gender, Socially Desirable Responding and the Fear of Crime (2004)

Sutton, Robbie M., Farrall, Stephen

In this article, the authors use survey data to explore relationships between gender, fear of crime and socially desirable responding. The data show that for men, but not women, reported fear levels...

Social Psychology and the Fear of Crime (2000)

Farrall, Stephen, Bannister, Jon, Ditton, Jason, Gilchrist, Elizabeth

Research and theorizing about the fear of crime has, in the main, been dominated by researchers who have relied upon sociological or socio-demographic variables to account for variations in fear...

Reactions to victimisation: why has anger been ignored? (1999)

Ditton, Jason, Farrall, Stephen, Bannister, Jon, Gilchrist, Elisabeth, Pease, Ken

This article has been published in the journal, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal [© Perpetuity Press].

Reactions to victimisation: why has anger been ignored? (1999)

Ditton, Jason, Farrall, Stephen, Bannister, Jon, Gilchrist, Elisabeth, Pease, Ken

This article has been published in the journal, Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal [© Perpetuity Press].

WOMEN AND THE 'FEAR OF CRIME': Challenging the Accepted Stereotype (1998)

GILCHRIST, ELIZABETH, BANNISTER, JON, DITTON, JASON, FARRALL, STEPHEN

Professional empirically generated survey data about the fear of crime persistently indicate relatively small but statistically significant differences between fear rates expressed by men and women....

QUESTIONING THE MEASUREMENT OF THE 'FEAR OF CRIME': Findings from a Major Methodological Study (1997)

FARRALL, STEPHEN, BANNISTER, JON, DITTON, JASON, GILCHRIST, ELIZABETH

Research upon the fear of crime has grown substantially in recent years. From its very inception, this field has relied almost exclusively upon quantitative surveys, which have suggested that the...