NCJ Number
104415
Journal
Crime and Delinquency Volume: 33 Issue: 1 Dated: special issue (January 1987) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
S Melnicoe
Date Published
1987
Length
161 pages
Annotation
Seven articles examine the relationship between crime and the fear of crime and assess the effectiveness of various police and community methods for reducing the fear of crime.
Abstract
The opening article focuses on 'community-oriented' policing as a fear-reduction method that intensifies police attention to major citizen concerns. Police management implications of community-oriented policing are discussed. Another article distinguishes between 'community-oriented' policing, 'crime-control' policing, and 'problem-oriented' policing, portraying examples of 'problem-oriented' policing, which aims at resolving the basic community problems that spawn a variety of fear-inducing circumstances. Two articles report on evaluations of fear-reduction police strategies used in Houston, Tex., and Newark, N.J. Improved police interactions with citizens was found to be particularly effective. Responding to research which indicates that fear of crime is induced by social disorder, an article examines dilemmas police face in their order-maintenance role. The effectiveness of Neighborhood Watch in reducing the fear of crime, controlling crime, and building a sense of community is examined in another article, and the concluding article analyzes the impact of criminal victimization on the fear of crime. Article references. See NJJ 104416-104422 for individual articles.