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by chippy
4543 days ago
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Your question is being asked wrong. Even the police ask it differently now. instead: "When was the last time you walked down an alley at night" "When (and where) was the last time you felt afraid when walking at night" "How afraid did you feel yesterday" Asking people for specific occurrences is a much better question than asking people to imagine fears. The fear of crime is real, and it's more important than the actual risk of crime. |
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Yes.
and it's more important than the actual risk of crime.
No.
Reducing fear of crime is valuable in itself, for the simple reason that it generally improves quality of life. Educating the public is useful to that end, and frankly we could do with a lot more of it, starting with putting all the security theatre and scary announcements whenever we travel anywhere these days back in perspective. But assuaging irrational fears is a lousy way to choose what to legislate. Laws should be created based on real needs, not imaginary bogeymen.