Putting Fear of Crime on the Map Investigating Perceptions of Crime Using Geographic Information Systems /

• Main Authors: Doran, Bruce J. (Author), Burgess, Melissa B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Series on Evidence-Based Crime Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Criminology.; Human geography.; Psychology.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Human Geography.; Psychology, general.

The impact of crime on society is well-known and well-documented. But fear of crime also takes a major toll, affecting individual mobility, neighborhood cohesion, and local economies, and is an increasingly important topic in criminology and other disciplines. In recent years, Geographic Information...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Why is fear of crime a serious social problem?
• Chapter 3: What causes fear of crime?.-Chapter 4: Managing fear of crime
• Chapter 5: Investigating the fear of crime
• Chapter 6: The Wollongong Study
• Chapter 7: The Kings Cross Study
• Chapter 8: Future avenues for fear mapping: potential applications and improvements.