Crime, Risk and Insecurity: Law and Order in Everyday Life and Political Discourse

by Tim Hope, Richard Sparks

This book presents new empirical and conceptual work on the questions of fear, anxiety, risk and trust - both as problems of everyday living and as key themes in the culture and politics of contemporary Western societies. The volume includes contributions from distinguished social researchers from Britain, the United States, Germany and Italy and will be of interest to academics and students in the areas of criminology and sociology.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published November 16, 2000

About the author

Tim Hope is Chair in Criminology, University of Salford, UK. His research interests lie in the fields of victimology; communities, crime prevention and community safety; and evidence, policy-making, and evaluation research methodology in criminal justice. He has published widely and internationally on these topics, including the USA, Canada, Germany, Italy, France and Poland.