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Fear of crime and protective behaviours in older and younger adults — results of a community survey
Author(s)	Rob Ranzijn, Kevin Howells, Vicki Wagstaff
Journal title	Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 21.2, June 2002
Pages	pp 92-97
Keywords	Crime ; Anxiety ; Crime prevention ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Social surveys ; Australia.
Annotation	287 people aged between 16 and over 90 in the local government area of Tea Tree Gully, South Australia were surveyed by a short questionnaire, to ascertain the extent of their fear of crime and use of protective behaviours. The level of self-reported fear of crime was moderately high, but there were no differences between younger and older age groups. Women felt significantly less safe than men, at all ages. There was no apparent relationship between protective behaviours and fear of crime. Although crime prevention programmes may have reduced the incidence of crime, they do not appear to have reduced the level of fear. Theoretical issues are also discussed. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020925209 A
Classmark	TWA: ENP: TWF: RH: 3F: 7YA
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