BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE FEAR OF CRIME - MASS MEDIA RESEARCH AND ASSORTED SUBJECTS

• NCJ Number: 57126
• Author(s): J N WRIGHT
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: Vance Bibliographies
• Sale Source: Vance Bibliographies
• Publication Type: Bibliography
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SERIES - BIBLIOGRAPHY P-25

Annotation

THIS SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOCUSES ON FEAR OF CRIME, EMPHASIZING MEDIA EFFECTS, VICTIMIZATION, INFORMAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, AND PUBLIC ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR.

Abstract

THE BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS APPROXIMATELY 200 BOOKS, PERIODICALS, AND RESEARCH REPORTS MAINLY FROM 1967-1977, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A FEW EARLIER ENTRIES. PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTAL LITERATURE IS GENERALLY EXCLUDED. IT IS ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED BY AUTHOR WITH NO ANNOTATIONS, SUBJECT HEADINGS, OR INFORMATION ON PRICE AND AVAILABILITY. SOME SPECIFIC TOPICS REPRESENTED IN THE LISTING INCLUDE PREDICTION OF CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION PROBABILITY, THE VICTIM'S DECISION TO REPORT, TELEVISION VIOLENCE AND ITS INFLUENCE, PARTICULARLY ON CHILDREN, PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT CRIME, AND PROPAGANDA AND CRIME. (RFC)