crime and the fear of crime are pervasive and endemic concerns in modern society and criminal justice systems are clearly failing to tackle both issues. cpted is an acronym for crime prevention through environmental design which asserts that the proper design and effective use of the built environment can lead to a reduction in the fear and incidence of crime, and an improvement in the quality ...

The following individuals read and discussed the thesis submitted by student Jonathan Bolen, and they evaluated his presentation and response to questions during the final oral examination. They found that the student passed the final oral examination. iv DEDICATION For Zoe and Angela, the calm in my storm, the anchor of my ship. v ABSTRACT Previous research investigating fear of crime has retu...

Fear of crime and the underclass represent two of the more prominent topics of discussion within the realms of criminology and sociology over the past several decades. There is little research, however, tying these topics together. Recently, a call has been reissued for the further understanding of the relationship between crime and class. Such an examination is essential to the understanding o...

This paper aims to examine the phenomenon of fear of crime and its relationship to print media reportage. Fear of crime as a concept is discussed initially, in order to justify it as a worthwhile area of investigation, and a number of statistics are then examined which show how widespread and serious a problem fear of crime is in modern societies. Following this a literature review encompassing...

Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) has become a popular urban planning approach to preventing crime and mitigating fear of crime through the improvement of physical neighborhood environments. CPTED is widely used to improve deteriorated neighborhoods that suffer from crime. However, few studies have empirically examined the complex relationships among CPTED, fear of crime, an...

BACKGROUND Fear of crime is associated with negative health and wellbeing outcomes, and may mediate some impacts of the built environment on public health. A range of environmental interventions have been hypothesized to reduce the fear of crime. METHODS This review aimed to synthesize the literature on the effectiveness of interventions in the built environment to reduce the fear of crime. S...

This paper presents the findings from a review of the theoretical and empirical literature on the links between crime and fear of crime, the social and built environment, and health and wellbeing. A pragmatic approach was employed, with iterative stages of searching and synthesis. This produced a holistic causal framework of pathways to guide future research. The framework emphasises that crime...

Fear of crime as a concept has been present in criminological literature for quite some time. Numerous researches have been undertaken in order to explain this phenomenon, but still, it remains unclear what exactly represents this concept. Because of this, the expert working in the Þ eld of crime prevention have been having difÞ culties in creating successful preventive programs of fear of crim...

Background Fear of crime is a growing social and public health problem globally, including in developed countries such as Sweden. This study investigated the impact of fear of crime on self-reported health and stress among men living in Gävleborg County. Design and Methods The study used data collected from 2993 men through a cross sectional survey in the 2014 Health in Equal Terms survey. De...