Abstract
Everyday Aesthetics, Space, and the Sensory: Fear of Crime and Affect in Inner Sydney
Highlights
Understanding people’s perceptions of crime remains a complex and complicated task
In this paper we explore pre-conscious aesthetic and sensorial aspects of affect in fear of crime
Drawing on data from focus groups undertaken in inner Sydney, Australia, we link the sensory and aesthetic preconditions of fear of crime to its affective, behavioural and cognitive elements
Summary
Understanding people’s perceptions of crime remains a complex and complicated task. Almost as a footnote to early victim surveys (Ennis, 1967; Reiss, 1967; Biderman, 1967), a range of survey questions that aimed to capture (negative) perceptions about crime or worry about crime produced a construct labelled ‘fear of crime’ (Lee, 2007). Other researchers used qualitative techniques, either through in-depth one-on-one interviews (Taylor et al, 1996; Pain, 1997; Hollway & Jefferson, 1997; Hollway & Jefferson, 2000) or focus groups (Tulloch et al, 1998a; 1998b; Loader et al, 2000; Goodey, 1997). This ‘qualitative turn’ in fear of crime research (see Lee, 2015) raised new questions about the inter-subjective and experiential elements related to fear of crime
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