The literature on fear of crime has grown rapidly in the last three decades. This paper
examines the reasons for this growth and attempts to put some structure on the work to date …

Examines, though a review of research and theory, how advances in environmental
psychology confront the fact that many experiences in and uses of environments must be …

Page 1 Neighborhoods and Crime Page 2 Page 3 Neighborhoods and Crime The Dimensions
of Effective Community Control Robert J. Bursik, Jr. Harold G. Grasmick LEXINGTON BOOKS …

This book is about the" public realm," defined as a particular kind of social territory that is
found almost exclusively in large settlements. This particular form of social-psychological …

The walkability of urban streets (WoUS) benefits public health and urban livability, but there
is still no consensus on the quantitative and comprehensive evaluation of walkability …

Scholars are paying close attention to incivilities and how they affect citizens' fear of crime. A
common research finding is that neighborhood incivilities (eg, abandoned storefronts …

The authors develop and assess a scale of perceived neighborhood disorder. The scale of
neighborhood disorder has high reliability, external validity, and shows interesting …

Several rival explanations have been advanced to account for fear of crime among
neighborhood residents. Social integration is the least developed concept in this regard. We …

Crime and fear of crime concentrate in some areas called 'hot spots'. Hot spots relate to at
least two levels of reference—macro (neighborhood) and micro (proximate). Although the …

Extant research on the fear of crime and criminal victimization had generally found that
women express greater levels of fear than men. Using survey data, this study contrasted …