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Older people, fear and crime
— problems and new directions | | Author(s) | Stephen Moore |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 14, issue 4, December 2010 |
| Pages | pp 16-24 |
| Source | http://www.pierprofessional.com/wwopflyer/index.ht.. |
| Keywords | Crime ; Anxiety ; Crime prevention. |
| Annotation | Critically examines the current state of knowledge regarding older people and crime and suggests that there are a number of gaps. In particular the fear of crime paradox, in which older people are seen as disproportionately afraid of becoming a victim, has drawn attention away from more important issues. Suggests that there appears to be confusion in the use of the terms `older people' and `crime', so that very different age groups are treated as one, homogenous grouping. Also by emphasising age as the most important factor in impacting upon fear of crime other important factors, such as income and gender, are overshadowed. If these are highlighted then the paradox of older people's fear of crime becomes less important and what emerges is that fear of crime is related to other factors that are a genuine reflection of risk. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110331004 A |
| Classmark | TWA: ENP: TWF |
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