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Being Feared

The Micro-Dynamics of Fear and Insecurity

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  • © 2020

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Authors:
  1. Ben Ellis

    1. School of Criminology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

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  • Develops the fear of crime field with a new perspective

  • Draws on some powerful interviews

  • Speaks to criminologists, sociologists, geographers, psychologists and other areas of the social sciences

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. An Introduction to Being Feared

    • Ben Ellis
    Pages 1-15

  3. An Object of Fear? Setting the Scene for Understanding Being Feared

    • Ben Ellis
    Pages 17-42

  4. Pillars of Fear—Purposeful Fear

    • Ben Ellis
    Pages 43-60

  5. Pillars of Fear: Accidental Fear

    • Ben Ellis
    Pages 61-76

  6. Pillars of Fear: Alleviating Fear

    • Ben Ellis
    Pages 77-90

  7. Pillars of Fear: Competent/Dutiful Fear

    • Ben Ellis
    Pages 91-103

  8. The Importance of Context: The Body, the Desire and the Duty

    • Ben Ellis
    Pages 105-123

  9. Conclusion: The Dynamics of Being Feared—The Polarity of Intensions

    • Ben Ellis
    Pages 125-133

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 135-155
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About this book

This book presents an alternative approach to understanding fear and crime by examining those who are feared or who cause fear to others, as opposed to those who are fearful of crime. The existing research into the fearful and the fear of crime offers little insight into this particular experience and so this book represents a missing link in our understanding of how fear of crime is understood by all of those that experience it. It draws on some powerful interviews with juveniles, police officers, soldiers, muscular gym-goers and bouncers/doormen who can be interpreted as being feared. This book focuses on the perceptions, emotions and ensuing actions of those who are perceived as a threat to security by others. It provides an in-depth analysis of the perception of fear in interactions, how this is recognised within an encounter, how these perceptions are attributed and reacted upon, how these experiences relate to particular situations, and how they are structured in ongoing life experiences. It suggests 'pillars' of fear.


Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Criminology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

    Ben Ellis

About the author

Ben Ellis is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Leicester, UK. 

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