The literature on fear of crime has grown rapidly in the last three decades. This paper
examines the reasons for this growth and attempts to put some structure on the work to date …

In 1962, the FBI reported a national homicide clearance rate of 93%. That rate dropped 29
points by 1994. This Great Decline has been studied and accepted as a real phenomenon …

To be effective in lowering crime and creating secure communities, the police must be able
to elicit cooperation from community residents. Security cannot be produced by either the …

Tyler's process-based model of policing suggests that the police can enhance their
perceived legitimacy and trustworthiness in the eyes of the public when they exercise their …

This research updates and expands upon Decker's article “Citizen attitudes toward the
police: a review of past findings and suggestions for future policy” by summarizing the …

Public trust and confidence in the police is generally low, with minority group members
especially mistrustful of the police. This study uses a sample of New Yorkers to examine …

Sociologists have given considerable attention to identifying the neighborhood-level social-
interactional mechanisms that influence outcomes such as crime, educational attainment …

Discussions of public trust and confidence in the police and the courts often assume that the
key to public feelings is the public's evaluation of the outcomes that the public receives from …

This article presents data from the completed first wave of a multiwave comparative study of
crime, danger, and informal social control that focuses on youth living in three high‐crime …

Public knowledge of crime and justice is largely derived from the media. This paper
examines the influence of media consumption on fear of crime, punitive attitudes and …