Summary information
Study title
Gender Difference, Anxiety and the Fear of Crime, 1995
Creator
Hollway, W., University of Bradford, Department of Social Sciences
Jefferson, T., University of Sheffield, Centre for Criminological and Socio-Legal Studies
Study number / PID
4581 (UKDA)
10.5255/UKDA-SN-4581-1 (DOI)
Data access
Restricted
Series
Not available
Abstract
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
This research focused on crime and its relation to risk of victimisation and the suggestion that high-risk groups, in particular, young men, report lower fear than low-risk groups, in particular, older women.
The notion of anxiety as a mediating influence in the relationship between risk of victimisation and fear of crime was examined. Through a set of face-to-face interviews, the research found that the effect of risk figured prominently in interviewee's accounts of their fear of crime and their previous victimisation. They not only positioned themselves as more or less at risk but more actively were recurrently engaged in more or less ‘risky’ practices. The research suggests that the relations between risk and fear of crime cannot be understood without theorising the multiple meanings attaching to a person’s identity which become invested with anxiety.
The data consists of interview transcripts with men and women living on estates where the incidence of crime was either high or low. The interviews aimed to understand the differences in fear of crime among different social groups, integrating demographic characteristics, analyses of gender, ethnicity and age.
Main Topics:
Anxiety; childhood; community life; crime; crime victims; fear of crime; gender; psychoanalysis; risk; violence.
Topics
Keywords
Methodology
Data collection period
15/06/1995 - 14/12/1995
Country
England
Time dimension
Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Analysis unit
Individuals
Subnational
Universe
Men and women aged between 16-76, living on low and high crime estates in the North of England during 1995.
Sampling procedure
Purposive selection/case studies
Kind of data
Text
in-depth/unstructured interview transcripts
Data collection mode
Face-to-face interview
Funding information
Grant number
L210252018
Access
Publisher
UK Data Service
Publication year
2003
Terms of data access
The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
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Related publications
- Jefferson, T. and Holloway, W. (2000) 'Biography, anxiety and the experience of locality' in J. Bornat and T. Wengraf (eds.), , London: Routledge. ISBN041-5228387 | 978-0415228374
- Holloway, W. and Jefferson, T. (2001) 'The role of anxiety in fear of crime' in R. Sparks and T. Hope (eds.), , London: Routledge, 31-49. ISBN041-5243440 | 978-0415243438
- Jefferson, T. and Holloway, W. (2000) 'Narrative, discourse and the unconscious :: a case study of Tommy' in A. Treacher, A. Andrews, S. Sclater and C. Squire (eds.), , London: Routledge. ISBN041-5242339 | 978-0415242332
- Jefferson, T. and Holloway, W. (1997) 'The risk society in an age of anxiety : situating fear of crime', British Journal of Sociology, 255-266
- Jefferson, T. and Holloway, W. (1996) 'PC or not PC :: sexual harassment and the question of ambivalence', Human Relations, 373-393
- Holloway, W. and Jefferson, T. (1999) 'Gender, Generation, Anxiety, and the Reproduction of Culture' in A. Lieblich and R. Josselson (eds.), , Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. ISBN076-1903275 | 978-0761903260
- Holloway, W. and Jefferson, T. (1997) 'Eliciting narrative through the in-depth interview', Qualitative Inquiry, 53-70
- Jefferson, T. and Holloway, W. (2000) Doing qualitative research differently :: free association, narrative, and the interview method, London: Sage Publications.ISBN 076-1964266 | 978-0761964254