North American and European Research on Fear of Crime

The purpose of this paper is to draw a panorama of principal trends which have sustained American and European research about fear of crime. Three principal orientations characterise the research. In the first trend interest is focussed on the effects of environmental factors on the fear of crime. The second trend emphasis the differences between subjects and assesses the effect of different variables capable of explaining different individual reactions to fear. In the last trend emphasis is placed on the mechanisms which promote the emergence and growth of fear of crime. The different research orientations are not present at the same level in each country and are often linked to a dominating scientific context.

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