Comparing the determinants of concern about terrorism and crime

Arbeitspapier

Both crime and terrorism impose costs onto society through the channels of fear and worry. Identifying and targeting groups which are especially affected by worries might be one way to reduce the total costs of these two types of insecurity. However, compared to the drivers of the fear of crime, the determinants of concerns regarding global terrorism are less well known. Using nationally representative survey data, we analyse and compare the individual determinants of concern about global terrorism and crime, and show that worries about terrorism are driven by similar determinants as those about crime, which could have important policy implications. We furthermore provide an insight into the structure of the determinants of concerns regarding other public and private goods.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 904

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Publicly Provided Goods: General ; Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles ; Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty ; National Security; Economic Nationalism
• Subject: Terrorism ; crime ; fear ; attitudes ; GSOEP ; Kriminalität ; Politische Gewalt ; Angst ; Meinung ; Vergleich ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Brück, Tilman ; Müller, Cathérine
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/29776
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET