@article{ref1,
title="Functional Fear and Public Insecurities About Crime",
journal="British journal of criminology",
year="2010",
author="Jackson, Joan and Gray, E.",
volume="50",
number="1",
pages="1-22",
abstract="Fear of crime is widely seen as an unqualified social ill, yet might some level of emotional response comprise a natural defence against crime? Our methodology differentiates between a dysfunctional worry that erodes quality of life and a functional worry that motivates vigilance and routine precaution. A London-based survey shows that one-quarter of those individuals who said they were worried about crime also viewed their worry as something akin to a problem-solving activity: they took precautions; these precautions that made them feel safer; and neither the precautions nor the worries reduced the quality of their lives. Fear of crime can therefore be helpful as well as harmful: some people are both able and willing to convert their concerns into constructive action.<p />",
language="",
issn="0007-0955",
doi="10.1093/bjc/azp059",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azp059"
}