Entry:

Haghighi, Bahran and Sorensen, Jon, "America's Fear of Crime," in Americans View Crime and Justice: A National Public Opinion Survey, edited by Timothy J. Flanagan and Dennis R. Longmire. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1996.


Abstract:

Fear of crime is greater among women, residents of large cities, Blacks, and those comsuming media reports on crime.

GSS Years:

1972-1994

Other Data Sets:

National Opinion Survey of Crime and Justice

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
FEAR

AFRAID TO WALK AT NIGHT IN NEIGHBORHOOD