Environmental interventions to reduce fear of crime: systematic review of effectiveness

Theo Lorenc, Mark Petticrew, Margaret Whitehead, David Neary, Stephen Clayton, Kath Wright, Hilary Thomson,Steven Cummins, Amanda Sowden, Adrian Renton

Fear of crime is associated with negative health and wellbeing outcomes, and may mediate some impacts of the built environment on public health. A range of environmental interventions have been hypothesized to reduce the fear of crime.

This review aimed to synthesize the literature on the effectiveness of interventions in the built environment to reduce the fear of crime. Read more...

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