Measuring Fear of Crime by the Use of the CIS Barometers

This paper explores whether the concern shown by the Spanish population about crime as being a problem for the country as a whole and a personal problem in the CIS barometers is a good measurement of the concept of fear of crime. Firstly, the dimensions of fear of crime are shown, and the conceptual...

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Main Authors: Manuel Caro Cabrera, Luis Navarro Ardoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) 2017-01-01
Series:Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS)
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Online Access:http://reis.cis.es/REIS/PDF/REIS_157_02_ENGLISH1483961862898.pdf