Social Insecurities and Fear of Crime: A Cross-National Study on the Impact of Welfare State Policies on Crime-related Anxieties

Autor: Dietrich Oberwittler, Dina Hummelsheim, Helmut Hirtenlehner, Jonathan Jackson
Rok vydání: 2010
Předmět:
Social psychology (sociology)
Sociology and Political Science
Social Welfare
Sozialpolitik
perception
Criminology
Sociology & anthropology
Criminal Sociology
Sociology of Law
social policy
sozioökonomische Faktoren
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Psychology
Decommodification
Sociology
Social policy
Sozialwissenschaften
Soziologie
Sozialausgaben
Welfare state
Sozialstaat
anxiety
European Social Survey
Europe
self-confidence
Social protection
ddc:300
ddc:301
Sozialpsychologie
Europa
Social Psychology
Angst
socioeconomic factors
HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Social Security
social welfare state
Wohlfahrtsstaat
Kriminalität
social expenditures
soziale Sicherung
Sekundäranalyse
Selbstbewusstsein
Wahrnehmung
Social sciences
sociology
anthropology
Fear of crime
Psychologie
Soziologie
Anthropologie
Kriminalsoziologie
Rechtssoziologie
Kriminologie
criminality
secondary analysis
welfare state
Zdroj: European Sociological Review
ISSN: 1468-2672
0266-7215
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcq010
Popis: This article assesses the association between national welfare state regimes and public insecurities about crime across Europe. A multilevel analysis of respondents in 23 countries sampled in the 2004/05 European Social Survey finds a strong relationship between insecurities about crime and national levels of social expenditure and decommodification of social welfare policy. Some social protection measures are more strongly associated with national levels of fear of crime than others, especially public non-monetary support for children and families that strengthens the individual's capacity to cope with problems on their own. We conclude with the idea that state-level social protections may buffer the development of widespread fear of crime by increasing self-efficacy and thereby mitigating various social and economic fears. (author's abstract)
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