Understanding the Fear of Crime Author:Semmens Understanding the Fear of Crime provides a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon of the fear of crime, providing students, researchers and practitioners with a detailed and thought-provoking analysis of this fascinating area of criminology. For more than 30 years, criminologists around the world have endeavoured to unravel the mysteri... more »es and paradoxes which surround the phenomenon yet we still know very little about who is fearful, when, of what and why. The aim of this book, then, is to give a detailed and stimulating introduction to the key issues and debates in the field, taking stock of the knowledge we do and do not possess and prompting the reader to think about the role of fear of crime in wider criminological and policy-related debates. The book encourages the reader to acknowledge a social and intellectual responsibility to understand the failings in this field of criminology and to think seriously about how we can improve our understanding of the fear of crime. The book concludes with some suggestions for future research and explores the potential for the development of well designed ?fear management? strategies.« less