The Poor Crime Victim

In contemporary societies poverty and crime
victimization are viewed as major concern. However,
poverty seldom has content but is understood as just
poverty, and for the public and among politicians
crime represents the continuous breakdown of the
society, even though statistics clearly show that
crime has not become more common since the 1990 s and
that the violence in the society is not steadily
getting worse. The issue that this book primarily
deals with is how we shall understand poverty, and
what kinds of problems poverty causes. In the book,
the problems in focus are crime victimization and
fear of crime. The questions asked is; given how
poverty is understood what kind of problem do poverty
cause, what are the relation between different
countries regarding poverty and the relation
between poverty and crime victimization respective
fear of crime.

Autorentext

Daniel Larsson completed his doctoral thesis 2006 at the Department of Sociology in Umeå University, Sweden. His main interest in Sociology is poverty, criminology, social policy and the labour market.

Klappentext
In contemporary societies poverty and crime victimization are viewed as major concern. However, poverty seldom has content but is understood as... just poverty, and for the public and among politicians crime represents the continuous breakdown of the society, even though statistics clearly show that crime has not become more common since the 1990's and that the violence in the society is not steadily getting worse. The issue that this book primarily deals with is how we shall understand poverty, and what kinds of problems poverty causes. In the book, the problems in focus are crime victimization and fear of crime. The questions asked is; given how poverty is understood what kind of problem do poverty cause, what are the relation between different countries regarding poverty and the relation between poverty and crime victimization respective fear of crime.