These publications are in alphabetical order. Details about the publications are in the order of surname (in capital letters), first name, year of publication (in brackets), article/publication title (in apostrophes), and details of publication (including publisher, issue details (Volume and Number) and page number if applicable).
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“Addressing personal safety issues of women and girls” – Research from Canada Aug 2000
ALLEN, Liska E; JOSEPH, Lawrence J and SANCHIRICO, Andrew (1982) “Fear of Crime as a Social Fact”, Social Forces, Vol 60, No. 3, pp760-770
ALTHEIDE, David L. (1997) The News Media, The Problem Frame and The Production of Fear”, The Sociological Quarterly, Vol 38, No. 4, pp647-658
ATKINS, Stephen; HUSAIN, Sohail and STOREY, Angele (1991) “The Influence Of Street Lighting On Crime And Fear Of Crime”, London, Home Office
BALDASSARE, Mark (1986) “The Elderly and Fear of Crime.” Sociology and Social Research, Vol 70, No. 3, pp218-221.
BALKIN, Steven (1979) “Victimization Rates, Safety and Fear of Crime”, Social Problems, Vol 26, No. 3, pp343-358
BANNISTER, Joe and FYFE, Nick (2001) “Fear and the City”, Urban Studies 38 (5-6) pp807-813
BAUMER, Terry (1983) “Testing a General Model of Fear of Crime: Data from a National Sample”, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Vol 22, pp 239-255
BENNETT, Richard R. and FLAVIN, Jeanne M. (1994) “Determinants of fear of crime: The effect of cultural setting”, Justice Quarterly, Routledge, Vol 11, No. 3, pp357-381
BOX, Steven; HALE, Chris and ANDREWS, Glen (1988) “Explaining Fear of Crime”, British Journal of Criminology, Vol 28, No. 3, pp340-356
BRUNT, Paul; MAWBY, Rob and HAMBLY, Zoe (2000) “Tourist victimisation and the fear of crime on holiday” Tourism Management, Vol 21, No. 4, pp417-424
CHIRICOS, Ted; ESCHHOLZ, Sarah and GERTZ, Marc (1997) “Crime, News and Fear of Crime: Toward an Identification of Audience Effects” Social Problems, Vol 44, No. 3, pp342-357
DITTON, Jason; BANNISTER, Jon; GILCHRIST, Elizabeth and FARRALL, Stephen (1999) "Afraid or Angry? Recalibrating the fear of crime", International Review of Victimology, Vol 6, No. 2, pp.83-99
DITTON, Jason and FARRALL, Stephen (2000) “ 'Fear' of Burglary: Refining National Survey Questions for Use at the Local Level”, International Journal of Police Science and Management, Vol 3, No. 1, pp 9-18
DITTON, Jason; FARRALL, Stephen; BANNISTER, Jon and GILCHRIST, Elizabeth (2000) "Crime Surveys and the Measurement Problem: Fear of Crime", in V. Jupp, P. Davies & P. Francis (eds) Doing Criminological Research, Sage, London
DITTON, Jason; FARRALL, Stephen; BANNISTER, Jon and GILCHRIST, Elizabeth, (1998) "Measuring fear of crime", Criminal Justice Matters, No. 31, Spring, pp.10-12
DOWLER, Keith (2003) “Media Consumption And Public Attitudes Toward Crime And Justice: The relationship Between Fear Of Crime, Punitive Attitudes, And Perceived Police Effectiveness”, Department of Criminal Justice, California State University at Bakersfield, Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, Vol 10, No. 2, pp109-126
FARRALL, Stephen; BANNISTER, Jon; DITTON, Jason, and GILCHRIST, Elizabeth, (2000) "Social Psychology and the fear of crime: re-examining a speculative model", British Journal of Criminology, Vol 40, No. 3, pp399-413
“First stop – Front line crime prevention” – Research from Canada April 2001
GAROFALO, James (1981) “The Fear of Crime: Causes and Consequences” Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol 72, No. 2, pp839-857
GILCHRIST, Elizabeth; FARRALL, Stephen; BANNISTER, Jon and DITTON, Jason (1998) "Women and Men Talking about the 'Fear of Crime': Challenging the Accepted Stereotype", British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 38, No. 2, Spring, pp.283-298
GILCHRIST, Elizabeth; BANNISTER, Jon; DITTON, Jason and FARRALL, Stephen (1998) “Women and the ‘Fear of Crime’: Challenging the Accepted Stereotype”, The British Journal of Criminology, Vol 38, No. 2, pp283-298
GRIFFITHS, Clive (1995) “Tackling Fear of Crime: A Starter Kit”, HMSO
GUNTER, Barrie (1987), “Television and Fear of Crime”, London, John Libbey
HARTNAGEL, Timothy F. (1979) “The Perception and Fear of Crime: Implications for Neighborhood Cohesion, Social Activity, and Community Affect” Social Forces, Vol 58, No. 1, pp176-193
HOLLAND BAKER, Mary; NIENSTEDT, Barbara C.; EVERTT, Ronald S. and McCLEARY, Richard (1983) “The Impact of a Crime Wave; Perceptions, Fear and Confidence in the Police”, Law & Society Review, Vol 17, No. 2, pp319-336
HOWARD, John (1999) “Fear of Crime Research”, John Howard Society of Alberta
JACKSON, Jonathan (2006)”Introducing fear of crime to risk research”, Risk Analysis, Vol 26, No. 1, pp253-264
LEE, Murray (2001) “The Genesis of ‘Fear of Crime’”, Theoretical Criminology, Vol 5, No. 4, pp467-485, SAGE Publications
LISKA, Allen and BACCAGLINI, William (1990), “Feeling safe by Comparison: Crime in the Newspapers.” Social Problems, Vol 37, No. 3, pp360-74
MADRIZ, Esther (1997) “Nothing Bad Happens to Good Girls: Fear of Crime Women”, University of Californian Press Ltd, London, England
MIETHE, Terance D. (1995) “Fear and Withdrawal from Urban Life”, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 539, Reactions to Crime and Violence, pp14-27
NAIR, Gwyneth; DITTON, Jason, and PHILLIPS, Samuel (1993) "Environmental Improvements and the Fear of Crime: The Sad Case of the 'Pond' Area in Glasgow", British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp.555-61
PAIN, Rachel H. (1995) “Elderly women and fear of violent crime: the least likely victims? A reconsideration of the extent and nature of risk”, British Journal of Criminology, Vol 35, No. 4, pp584-598
PAIN, Rachel (2001) “Gender, Race, Age and Fear in the City”, Urban Studies, Vol 38, No. 5-6, pp899-913, Routledge
PAIN, Rachel H. (2000) “Place, social relations and the fear of crime: a review” Progress in Human Geography, Vol 24, No. 3, pp365-387(23)
PAIN, Rachel (1997) “Social geographies of women’s fear of crime”, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Vol 22, No. 2, pp231-244 (14)
ROSS, Catherine E. and JANG, Sung Joon (2000) “Neighborhood Disorder, Fear and Mistrust: The Buffering Role of Social Ties with Neighbors”, American Journal Of Community Psychology, Vol 28, No. 4 pp401-420
SKOGAN, Wesley (1986) “Fear of Crime and Neighborhood Change” Crime and Justice, Vol 8, Communities and Crime, pp203-229
TAYLOR, Ralph (2000) “Breaking Away from Broken Windows: Baltimore Neighborhoods and the Nationwide Fight Against Crime, Grime, Fear and Decline”, Westview Press
TAYLOR, Ralph, B and HALE, Margaret (1986) “Testing Alternative Models of Fear of Crime”, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol 77, No. 1, pp151-189
Understanding fear of crime – Improving Personal Safety for the Whole journey – guidelines for operators – Department for Transport
WALLACE, Lisa H. and MAY, David C. (2005) “The impact of parental attachment and feelings of isolation on adolescent fear of crime at school”, Department of Correctional and Juvenile Justice Studies, Vol 40, No. 159, pp457-474
WARR, Mark (1984), “Fear of Victimization: Why are Women and Elderly More Afraid?” Social Science Quarterly Vol 65, pp681-702
WILCOX ROUNTREE, Pamela and LAND, Kenneth, C (1996) “Perceived Risk versus Fear of Crime: Empirical Evidence of Conceptually Distinct Reactions in Survey Data” Social Forces, Vol 74, No. 4, pp1353-1376
WILLIAMS, Frank P; McSHANE, Marilyn D. and AKERS, Ronald L. (2000) “Worry About Victimization: An Alternative and Reliable Measure for Fear of Crime” Western Criminology Review, Vol 2, No. 2
WILLIAMS, Paul and DICKINSON, Julie (1993) “Fear of Crime: Read all about it? The Relationship between Newspaper Crime Reporting and Fear of Crime”, Department of Occupational Psychology, Birkbeck College, The British Journal of Criminology, Vol 33, No. 1, pp33-56