Public Presentation: Who Fears?

Who Fears Crime

Most extant research in the economics of crime literature has focused on explaining variations in crime rates. Public action to prevent crime, however, is often dependent on the level of concern about public security that is expressed in public perceptions surveys. The economics of crime literature has largely overlooked responses to such surveys as data sources and therefore it has not account...

"Who fears to speak of ninety-eight"?

On this day, 10th October 1791, 200 years ago, two men boarded the coach in Dublin at 10.30 am. Few could have imagined the carnage which would result from their trip to Belfast. The two men were Theobald Wolfe Tone and Thomas Russell. Wolfe Tone is the most famous name in Irish history. He was the son of a Protestant coach builder in Dublin and his ambition was to join the army. His father oDo...

Identifying and characterizing public science-related fears from RSS feeds

Identifying and characterising public science-related fears from RSS feeds Mike Thelwall School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1SB, UK. E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 1902 321470 Fax: +44 1902 321478 Rudy Prabowo School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverham...

Mental Illness and the Public: Old Fears, Old Ideas

The task of changing public attitudes towards mental disorder is one which the National Association for Mental Health has undertaken because the 1959 Mental Health Act will certainly prove ineffective unless the man in the street understands its implications and is ready to cooperate. William Deedes, M.P., urges greater ministerial attention to the need for making the public aware of the part t...

Cellular Phones, Public Fears, and a Culture of Precaution