Name: Crime, Fear, and the new York City Subways: The Role of Citizen Action
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Author: Elizabeth Gibson; Dennis Kenney
ISBN: 9780275923228

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Crime, Fear, and the new York City Subways: The Role of Citizen Action

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Physical Book

Publisher

Praeger

Author

Elizabeth Gibson; Dennis Kenney

Year

1986

Language

English

Pages

148

Format

Hardcover

ISBN

0275923223

ISBN13

9780275923228

Edition No.

Synopsis "Crime, Fear, and the new York City Subways: The Role of Citizen Action "

This book is a welcome study of the impact of citizen action on crime and on the fear of crime. The author obtained the consent and cooperation of the Guardian Angels to use their activities in Harlem and the Bronx as a model in determining the effectiveness of such operations. In addition, on-site interviews were conducted with 2,700 nighttime subway riders, making this work the first substantial study of passenger attitudes and fears. Contradicting many previously held beliefs, these data show that actual incidents of subway crime are remarkably low and that fear of crime among nighttime riders, while high, is not exceptional when compared to fear previously found in above ground settings. Moreover, the activities of the Guardian Angels were found to have no apparent effect on crime or on overall fear and did not increase the willingness of passengers to help one another.

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