Mainstreaming Methodology for Estimating Costs of Crime
Despite having taken various precautions to reduce the risk of being victimised individuals may still experience a residual degree of fear. In principle, the amount they would pay to rid themselves of this risk gives a measure of the costs it represents. In practice it is difficult to articulate such values.
The two principal methodologies that have been used in trying to capture such values (stated preference surveys and life satisfaction studies) are reviewed in Fear of crime by the public.
Although some of the more detailed victim surveys ask questions about fear of crime it is rarely possible to use the data collected to derive cost of fear estimates. We review some of the questions in Fear of crime measurement.
