Title: Reactions to crime and violence /
Authors: Lambert, Richard D.; Heston, Alan W.; Skogan, Wesley G.; American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Date: 1995
Publisher: Sage Periodicals Press,
Physical description: 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: A
Contents: Fear and withdrawal from urban life / Terance D. Miethe -- The impact of crime on communities / Ralph B. Taylor -- Women, crime, and fear / Elizabeth A. Stanko -- Crime and the racial fears of white Americans / Wesley G. Skogan -- Community organizations and crime / Susan F. Bennett -- Crime and fear on campus / Bonnie S. Fisher -- Public regulation of private crime prevention / Lawrence W. Sherman -- Less crime, by design / Paul Ekblom -- Firearms and self-defense / David McDowall -- Media constructions of crime / Vincent F. Sacco -- Politics, public policy, and street crime / Stuart A. Scheingold -- Crime and its consequences in England and Wales / Roger Matthews.
Notes: "May 1995"--cover and t. p.
Subject headings (LCSH): Crime--United States--Public opinion.; Crime.; Victims of crimes--United States.; Violence.