Contents
Part 1 An overview of the field: public reaction to crime in the streets, F.F. Furstenberg-- a cross-national comparison of victims of crime - victim surveys of 12 countries, R. Block;

Part 2 The causes of vulnerability: safe conduct - women, crime and self in public places, C. Brooks Gardner-- boys don't cry - masculinites, fear of crime and fearlessness, J. Goodey-- the elderly's fear of crime - a critical examination of the research, R. LaGrange and K. Ferraro-- fear of criminal victimization - the effect of neighbourhood racial composition, G.L. Moeller-- the effects of building size on personal crime and fear of crime, O. Newman and K.A. Franck-- the impact of victimization on fear, W.G. Skogan;

Part 3 The sources of information on victimization: the impact of a crime wave - perceptions, fear and confidence in the police, M.L. Baker, B.C. Neinstedt et al-- television viewing and fear of victimization - is the relationship causal?, A.N. Doob and G.E. Macdonale-- living with television - the violence profile, G. Gerbner adn L. Gross-- television viewing and fear of crime - where is the mean world? L. Heath and J. Petraitis-- feeling safe by comparison - crime in the newspapers, A.E. Liska and W. Baccaglini-- fear of crime - read all about it? - the relationship between newspaper crime reporting and fear of crime, P. Williams and J. Dickenson;

Part 4 The methods of surveying: methodological problems in the study of fears, J.W. Croake and D.E. Hinkle-- the measurement of the fear of crime, K. Ferraro and R. LaGrange-- new methodological perspectives for victimization surveys - the potentials of computer-asisted telephone surveys and some related innovations, M. Killias-- the influence of the specific formulation of questions on the results of victim studies, H. Kury-- methodological problems in victime surveys and their implications for research in victimology, A.L. Schneider;

Part 5 Theoretical models of explanation: vulnerability, locus of control and worry about crime, V.F. Sacco and W. Glackman-- block crime and fear - defensible space, local social ties and territorial functioning, R.B. Taylor et al-- fear of crime in residential environments - testing a social psychological model, A. van der Wurff et al;

Part 6 Policies to reduce fear: fear of crime - the effect of improved residential security on a difficult-to-let site, P. Allatt-- the effectiveness of a police-initiated fear-reducing strategy-- reducing fear of crime - strategies for intervention, J. Henig and M.G. Maxfield-- community crime prevention - an analysis of a developing strategy, D.A. Lewis and G. Salem-- environmental improvements and the fear of crime - the sad case of the "Pond" are in Glasgow, G. Nair et al