A CASE STUDY ON CITY-DWELLERS’ FEARS OF CRIME IN TURKEY

Abstract

Author(s): Esra Banu SÄ°PAHÄ°

Fear of crime as a social phenomenon, brings the necessity of analyzing the issue in urban scale because of the decisive increase in statistical crime rates in the cities and also the emergence of new crime types in urban area. Fear of crime which has physiological and social aspects, limits the city-dwellers’ daily lives and reduces the quality of life. However, adequate fieldwork has not been done for the governors and decision-makers to guide them while coping with fear. This article brings up a question to the literature on fear of crime, to evaluate the subject from urban perspective.

Announcements

You can send your paper at Online Submission System

  • The Journal of International Social Research / Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi ISSN: 1307-9581, an international, peer-reviewed, on the web publication, from 2007 will be issued least four times annualy.
  • Our journal is an independent academic publication based on research in social sciences, contributing to its field and trying to publish scientific articles that will bring innovation to the original and social sciences.
  • The journal has got an international editorial board and referee board, mainly embodied from the each individually professional on the social research fields.
  • Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi / The Journal of International Social Research became a member of Cross Reff since 2014 and started to assign DOI numbers to the articles. image
Google Scholar citation report
Citations : 8982

The Journal of International Social Research received 8982 citations as per Google Scholar report

The Journal of International Social Research peer review process verified by publons
Get the App