Doctoral Dissertation Research: Explaining the Dynamics of Fear of Crime

博士论文研究：解释对犯罪的恐惧的动态

• 批准号: 0117608
• 负责人: Ruth Horowitz
• 金额: $ 0.75万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2002-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0117608&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Explaining; Dynamics

Although social scientists have often studied fear of crime, they know little about the underlying character and dynamics of that fear, and how it affects the social life of urban communities. This project therefore examines how actors socially construct fear of crime as a means of understanding places, events, relationships, and groups in society. In turn, it examines how people experience crime and cope with its risks. The data on these topics come from direct observation of and face-to-face interviews with residents of two neighborhoods (the Lower East Side and Flatbush/Midwood areas of New York City). The detailed case study of these two areas and their inhabitants not only offers information on the sources of fear of crime, but also has implications for the vitality, safety, and future of urban neighborhoods.

尽管社会科学家经常研究对犯罪的恐惧，但他们对这种恐惧的潜在特征和动态，以及它如何影响城市社区的社会生活知之甚少。因此，这个项目考察了行为者如何在社会上构建对犯罪的恐惧，以此作为理解社会中的地点、事件、关系和群体的一种手段。反过来，它考察了人们如何体验犯罪并应对其风险。有关这些话题的数据来自对两个社区(纽约市下东区和弗拉特布什/米德伍德地区)居民的直接观察和面对面采访。对这两个地区及其居民的详细案例研究不仅提供了关于犯罪恐惧的来源的信息，而且对城市社区的活力、安全和未来也有影响。