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Editorial Alan Marlow is a freelance researcher and consultant. He is a visiting Professor at the University of Luton. He was formerly a senior police officer. It is an enduring paradox, discussed before in this column (and also by Tim Hope in this edition), that although crime has been decreasing for several years, public apprehension and concern has been unaffected. Indeed, the latest analysis (Home Office, 2003) includes the comment: ‘Despite decreasing levels of crime in England and Wales, more people think that crime has increased over the last two years’ (p.6). Alan Marlow Editor Unsurprisingly, readers of tabloid newspapers that devote far more space to lurid crime stories were more likely to believe that crime had increased than the readers of broadsheets. However, that may have more to do with the socio–economic status of the readers of tabloids rather than the content of the newspapers. There is an inverse relationship between income and victimisation and it is the less well off who are also more likely to experience the ugly incivilities of daily life. Such minor affronts, often characterised by the term ‘yobbishness’, are beyond the scope of a classical criminal justice solution in a system that is rationed http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Safer Communities Emerald Publishing

Editorial

Marlow, Alan
Safer Communities , Volume 2 (4): 3 – Oct 1, 2003
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Alan Marlow is a freelance researcher and consultant. He is a visiting Professor at the University of Luton. He was formerly a senior police officer. It is an enduring paradox, discussed before in this column (and also by Tim Hope in this edition), that although crime has been decreasing for several years, public apprehension and concern has been unaffected. Indeed, the latest analysis (Home Office, 2003) includes the comment: ‘Despite decreasing levels of crime in England and Wales, more people think that crime has increased over the last two years’ (p.6). Alan Marlow Editor Unsurprisingly, readers of tabloid newspapers that devote far more space to lurid crime stories were more likely to believe that crime had increased than the readers of broadsheets. However, that may have more to do with the socio–economic status of the readers of tabloids rather than the content of the newspapers. There is an inverse relationship between income and victimisation and it is the less well off who are also more likely to experience the ugly incivilities of daily life. Such minor affronts, often characterised by the term ‘yobbishness’, are beyond the scope of a classical criminal justice solution in a system that is rationed

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