Fear of crime While a large percentage of Uk population believe that levels of violent are rising, actually the reality is very different, apparently since 1995 crime in falling (duffy,bobby,wake,rhonda, burrows tamara and Bremmer pamela closing the gaps crime and public perceptions, pos more 2007) what that it proves that in reality fear of crime is only a perception not connected with the real levels of crime in the city. But how is this possible? Would be easy to assume that in this hyper-secured environments, people would feel safer, however this anxiety come up for different reasons which can be divided in there main groups. (Anna Minton, 2009) First the emotional state of each person individually is a very decisive factor. The personal …show more content…
And by a zero-tolerance approach to policing, those one the bigger crimes will be reduced too. “The presence of one broken window, encourage people to brake more windows and lead to more serious crimes”(Kelling, GeorgeL& Wilson, James Q”broken windows’ Atlantic Monthly march1982) The validity of this policy is still today to be prove, even one of the original author questioning himself “still to this day I do not Know if improving order will or not will reduce crime” James Q Wilson. However from my point of view the application has important connotation in what refers to public live and public access to the street, unfortunately action like “Stop-and-search”, which allow police officer to stop anyone in the public space for a physical search if the agent believe is suspicious of some crime or potential antisocial activity I believe this, however reinforce a stereotypical vision of city dwellers being judge by the apariences, normally discriminating a specific sector …show more content…
The report of new related with crimes and violence often in those channels have a direct connexion with the levels of crime fear. “Closing the gaps” by Ipsos Mori This happened for different reasons, stories of pain and revenge are good product to sell in the media, but also the products consequence of keeping ourself less anxious, are prove to be a good business too. high secured communities are perceived as a exclusive and luxury areas sign of success an status. There is a in some how a “Culture of Fear” ( Barry Glass ) promoted everyday from all sort of organisations who benefit themselves from keeping population in a constant state of anxiety; politicians win elections thanks to keep people afraid of change, but also specific business such security, weapons industry and even the pharmaceutical. They act as lobbies promoting the feeling being on danger. the media makes the news in the same way almost than movies are done, 24/7 constantly reporting about tradegies around the world. In this news for Imigrants and are seen as invaders or in some case terrorists. The fear to the outsiders has been alway present in