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The proportion of citizens afraid of being victims of crime is substantially higher than the proportion of persons who are actual victims of violent crime.
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This quote points to a gap between perceived danger and recorded experience. More citizens fear becoming victims of crime than are actually victims of violent crime. It does not say that violent crime is harmless; it says that fear of it is substantially more widespread than direct victimization.
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- The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
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