Reliability and Stability of the Standard Fear of Crime Indicator in a National Panel Over 14 Years

Reducing citizens’ fear of crime is a salient policy topic in Western societies. For the measurement of fear of crime, variations of a single item measure (Is there any area near where you live that is, within a mile where you would be afraid to walk alone at night?) have been used in hundreds...

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Main Authors: Rainer Schnell, Marcel Noack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Survey Research Association 2016-12-01
Series:Survey Research Methods
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Online Access:https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/srm/article/view/6714