Putting Fear of Crime on the Map: Investigating Perceptions of Crime Using Geographic Information Sy

Foreword and dedication

Chapter 1: Introduction

The emergence of fear of crime as an area of research

The paradoxical nature of the fear of crime

Research into the fear of crime in different sites and situations

Current trends in fear of crime research

Chapter 2: Why is fear of crime a serious social problem?

Individual reactions

Hypothesised inks between the fear of crime, disorder and crime

Economic impacts of behavioural responses to fear of crime

Chapter review: problems not to be ignored and a need for spatially-explicit research

Chapter 3: What causes fear of crime?

Criminal opportunity and risk of victimisation theories

Demographic theories explaining fear of crime

Social theories explaining fear of crime

Environmental theories explaining fear of crime

Chapter review: an opening for pertinent environmental studies

Chapter 4: Managing fear of crime

Policing fear of crime

Social solutions to fear of crime

Environmental design and fear of crime

Chapter review: police, community and government cooperation

Chapter 5: Investigating the fear of crime

Defining fear of crime

Measuring fear of crime

Analysing fear of crime data

Chapter review: a new direction with avoidance mapping

Chapter 6: The Wollongong Study

The goals of the Wollongong study

Research Setting

Fear of crime survey and analysis

Discussion of spatial outputs

Discussion of activity diary analysis: The discrepancy between emotion-based fear in relation to daily routines and global measures of fear

Integrating the key spatio-temporal findings with police and community initiatives in Wollongong: the degree of institutional involvement

Assessments of techniques and approaches developed in the Wollongong Study

Chapter 7: The Kings Cross Study

The goals of the Kings Cross study

Research Setting

Fear of crime survey and analysis

Results and discussion

The dissonance between traditional global measures and crime-specific avoidance-based questions

Where are people afraid of crime?

Safe areas and cognitive barriers

Implications for policy, planning and practice

Chapter 8: Future avenues for fear mapping: potential applications and improvements

Has collective avoidance behaviour change in Wollongong and Kings Cross?

Investigating behavioral responses in relation to different types of crime

Further avenues for investigating links between fear, crime and disorder

Broken Windows theory in the transit context

Fear mapping in and advances in spatial technology