Insecurities about crime in Germany, Austria and Switzerland: a review of research findings

Gerber, Monica M., Hirtenlehner, Helmut and Jackson, Jonathan ORCID: 0000-0003-2426-2219 (2010) Insecurities about crime in Germany, Austria and Switzerland: a review of research findings. European Journal of Criminology, 7 (2). pp. 141-157. ISSN 1477-3708

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This paper reviews the research literature on insecurities about crime in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Making criminological studies written in German accessible to the wider European community, we first document how insecurities about crime have been conceptualised and measured in these three countries, and second review the various theoretical positions that have been empirically assessed. We highlight commonalities and differences in the German- and English-language literatures on the topic, making the review relevant to criminologists from all European countries. Our overall goal is to help stimulate a comparative research agenda on insecurities about crime across the European continent.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://euc.sagepub.com/
Additional Information:	© 2010 The authors
Divisions:	Methodology
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	10 Mar 2010 11:35
Last Modified:	01 Oct 2024 20:36
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/27302

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