Indikátory obav z kriminality v českých sociálněvědních výzkumech

• Authors: Eva Krulichová

Title variants

EN

Indicators of fear of crime in the czech social research

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

While fear of crime is frequently discussed internationally, it is currently addressed by only a limited number of Czech studies. The aim of the paper is to present the main methodological concepts that have infl uenced the research on fear of crime and the design of indicators by which this phenomenon is measured. Furthermore, we evaluate and compare fear of crime measures in three surveys - the Euro-Justis pilot project, the fi fth wave of the large-scale international European Social Survey and a survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre - and provide information about whether and to what extent people fear crime. The results of the analysis suggest that the wording and type of questions could be crucial in measuring fear of crime and that although a signifi cant proportion of respondents declared being fearful their “fear experiences” are found to be relatively rare.

Keywords

CS

strach; kriminalita; sociální výzkum

EN

fear; crime; social research; fear of crime; feeling of safety

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Data a výzkum - SDA Info (Data and Research - SDA Info)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 121-141
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Eva Krulichová

• Data a výzkum – SDA Info, redakce, Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic