Comparing the Determinants of Concern about Terrorism and Crime

17 Pages Posted: 9 Jul 2009 Last revised: 22 Oct 2009

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Tilman Brück

IGZ - Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops; ISDC - International Security and Development Center; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Catherine Mueller

German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)

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Date Written: July 1, 2009

Abstract

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.

Keywords: terrorism, crime, fear, attitudes, GSOEP

JEL Classification: H4, D01, D81, F52

Suggested Citation

Brück, Tilman and Mueller, Catherine, Comparing the Determinants of Concern about Terrorism and Crime (July 1, 2009). SOEPpaper No. 206, DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 904, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1431372 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1431372

Tilman Brück

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Catherine Mueller (Contact Author)

German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) ( email )

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Germany

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