Data shows crime in Seattle is down, yet many continue to deny it due to the climate of fear. I receive UW crime alerts regularly, and so do my parents. These messages often highlight isolated ...

The popularity of this debate showcases the need to understand the complex nature of women's fear of crime. Fear of crime is an important issue to understand as it can have a lasting psychological ...

"It was very difficult to know what to do. We weren't able to pursue the police route, obviously for fear of reprisal." She says knife crime is such a complex issue that "for any organisation to ...

“It feels like the fear has really gone down.” The transit crime statistics, however, do have some significant potential caveats. Rider Simone Marshall said “I never feel safe in the subway ...

Now the murderous Melbourne crime kingpin who triggered a gangland ... on that prison PC — a convicted killer carefully adding clip-art images of butterflies and teddy bears to the text.

a new national poll finds that most Americans believe crime has increased over the last few years. The poll also shows how fear of crime is changing the way Americans live. According to the ...

But Gallup’s annual poll might be telling us something deeper: that fear of crime is deeply embedded in American society, and positive news about falling crime rates won’t simply make that ...

Americans are convinced that they are living in a world ravaged by crime. In major cities, we fear riding public transportation or going out after dark. We buy weapons for self-defense and skip ...

One deal fell through. Another may be coming together. His search, he worries, has been made more difficult by persistent reports of crime, vacant offices and A-list companies seeking to leave ...

Fear of crime on subways and buses has become a top concern in some U.S. cities, leading to efforts to persuade public officials to address the issue. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the ...

In recent years, legislators and voters reacted to soaring incarceration rates. Just as fear of crime led to tougher laws, stories of resulting injustices (a man whose third strike was stealing ...