What is the relationship between fear and crime?

a. Fear causes people to commit crime.
b. Fear of crime is experienced more by people who live in less crime-ridden areas.
c. Fear is often based on experience: People living in areas with especially high crime rates are most likely to experience fear.
d. Fear is a product of people living in neighborhoods that experience high levels of crime and civil disorder who become suspicious and mistrusting.


Answer: c. Fear is often based on experience: People living in areas with especially high crime rates are most likely to experience fear.

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