The risk society in an age of anxiety: Situating fear of crime

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 255-266

  Hollway, Wendy ^a   Jefferson, Tony ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Crime; Fear; Modernity; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; CRIME; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ANXIETY; CRIME; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEAR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0031155772     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/591751     Document Type: Article

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