TY - JOUR
T1 - Crime, fear of crime, environment, and mental health and wellbeing
T2 - Mapping review of theories and causal pathways
AU - Lorenc, Theo
AU - Clayton, Stephen
AU - Neary, David
AU - Whitehead, Margaret
AU - Petticrew, Mark
AU - Thomson, Hilary
AU - Cummins, Steven
AU - Sowden, Amanda Jayne
AU - Renton, Adrian
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - This paper presents the findings from a review of the theoretical and empirical literature on the links between crime and fear of crime, the social and built environment, and health and wellbeing. A pragmatic approach was employed, with iterative stages of searching and synthesis. This produced a holistic causal framework of pathways to guide future research. The framework emphasises that crime and fear of crime may have substantial impacts on wellbeing, but the pathways are often highly indirect, mediated by environmental factors, difficult to disentangle and not always in the expected direction. The built environment, for example, may affect health via its impacts on health behaviours; via its effects on crime and fear of crime; or via the social environment. The framework also helps to identify unexpected factors which may affect intervention success, such as the risk of adverse effects from crime prevention interventions as a result of raising awareness of crime.
AB - This paper presents the findings from a review of the theoretical and empirical literature on the links between crime and fear of crime, the social and built environment, and health and wellbeing. A pragmatic approach was employed, with iterative stages of searching and synthesis. This produced a holistic causal framework of pathways to guide future research. The framework emphasises that crime and fear of crime may have substantial impacts on wellbeing, but the pathways are often highly indirect, mediated by environmental factors, difficult to disentangle and not always in the expected direction. The built environment, for example, may affect health via its impacts on health behaviours; via its effects on crime and fear of crime; or via the social environment. The framework also helps to identify unexpected factors which may affect intervention success, such as the risk of adverse effects from crime prevention interventions as a result of raising awareness of crime.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861929169&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.04.001
DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.04.001
M3 - Article
SN - 1353-8292
VL - 18
SP - 757
EP - 765
JO - Health and Place
JF - Health and Place
IS - 4
ER -