Reati e percezione della criminalità nella zona di residenza: indifferenza o convergenza?
Journal title SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE
Author/s Giovanni Sacchini
Publishing Year 2009 Issue 2009/88
Language Italian Pages 29 P. 45-73 File size 373 KB
DOI 10.3280/SR2009-088003
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Crimes and Perception of Criminality in the Residence Area: Indifference or Convergence? - According to a common conception - among researchers as well - there is no apparent relation between crime perception (or insecurity) indicated in surveys and the crime trend (indicated by the police force), since the perception seems to be influenced above all by what mass-media conveys. Literature indicates two dimensions of crime perception: social concern about criminality and personal fear of the phenomenon. However resorting to a useful empirical indicator, a third dimension may be contemplated between these two: the evaluation of criminality in the residence area. This article considers data that refers to the twenty Italian regions, collected by the National Institution for Statistics - Istat, regarding the Multipurpose Survey on Families. It describes the strong correlation existing between criminality perception in the residence area and the diffusion of certain kinds of predatory crimes, in particular those in which there is a strong author-victim interaction (robbery and bag-snatching) and those in which crime authors are interested in citizens’ relevant economical and symbolic goods (houses or cars).
Giovanni Sacchini, Reati e percezione della criminalità nella zona di residenza: indifferenza o convergenza? in "SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE " 88/2009, pp 45-73, DOI: 10.3280/SR2009-088003