http://danieljlewis.org/2009/12/10/aside-fear-of-crime/ A Geography/GIS blog by Daniel J Lewis Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:38:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-20124 http://danieljlewis.org/2009/12/10/aside-fear-of-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Fear of Crime: Pulling Back the Curtain | The Neighborhood Crime Map Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:01:15 +0000 http://danieljlewis.org/?p=105#comment-83 [...] recently read a blog post by Daniel Lewis, a Geography PhD student at the University College London, who discussed the “fear of crime.” [...] [...] recently read a blog post by Daniel Lewis, a Geography PhD student at the University College London, who discussed the “fear of crime.” [...]

]]> http://danieljlewis.org/2009/12/10/aside-fear-of-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Paul Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:10:00 +0000 http://danieljlewis.org/?p=105#comment-81 Dan thank for engaging with my blog. I understand the gist of what is being said but there are plenty of silent crimes that cause fear. Equally noisy crimes often become rationised and almost fictionalised due to gradually more and more inaccurate repeation. This perhaps affects people's perception of crime but because it becomes a tall story perhaps reduces the power to frighten. Dan thank for engaging with my blog. I understand the gist of what is being said but there are plenty of silent crimes that cause fear. Equally noisy crimes often become rationised and almost fictionalised due to gradually more and more inaccurate repeation. This perhaps affects people’s perception of crime but because it becomes a tall story perhaps reduces the power to frighten.

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