Crime, Space and Society : Cambridge University Press : 9780521319003 : 0521319005 : 22 Apr 2010 : This 1986 book offers the first detailed analysis of relationships between crime and social trends in Britain. It is innovative in focussing on the victims of crime, fear and anxiety, as well as on individual and institutional reactions to crime. This emphasis complements the more usual focus of British geography and criminology on offenders, offences and the built environment. Examining the history of various traditions in criminological research, the text exploits their common ground by locating detailed case studies within a broad political-economic framework. Ethnographic fieldwork in culturally diverse, racially heterogeneous working-class neighbourhoods is interpreted with reference to local and national crime surveys, exposing the human consequences of crime and fear against a background of economic decline, political impotence and social isolation. Exploring a strong association