'Fear of crime', vulnerability and poverty - Evidence from the British Crime Survey

Authors
Citation
C. Pantazis, 'Fear of crime', vulnerability and poverty - Evidence from the British Crime Survey, BR J CRIMIN, 40(3), 2000, pp. 414-436
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Social Work & Social Policy
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY
ISSN journal
00070955 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
414 - 436
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0955(200022)40:3<414:'OCVAP>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
This article is based on a study which employs the notion of vulnerability to explore perceptions of safety among people living in poverty. It is sugg ested that 'fear of crime' among poor people should not be seen in isolatio n from other insecurities which they may experience as a result of local, n ational, and international processes. Analysis based on the 1944 British Cr ime Survey demonstrates strong support for the view that some population gr oups-either because of their physical inability to defend themselves or soc ial and economic position-may feel less safe than others.