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Perceptions of Crime and Fear of Victimisation Among Elderly People

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Alan H. Clarke
Alan H. Clarke
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Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey.
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Abstract

Most of the research into fear of crime among the elderly has been conducted in the United States of America particularly during the past ten years. This paper begins by summarising the major findings which have emerged from this work. Attention is then turned to similar studies which have recently been undertaken in Britain. The findings from a small sample survey of elderly residents in a town in the south of England are then reported. In discussing the data obtained from eighty interviews fear of crime is considered in relation to perceptions of crime, the amount of social contact residents have with relatives, friends and neighbours and the nature and quality of the immediate residential environment.

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Ageing & Society , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , September 1984 , pp. 327 - 342
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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