... crime reinforce what people already know. The majority of people that fear crime have never experienced crime, but read about it daily in newspapers and television. 'A nation stalked by FEAR' (The Sun, 17th July 2002) is an article written by Trevor Kavanagh in The Sun newspaper, a tabloid newspaper whose audiences are working-class families living in inner city areas, that have been a victim or a witness to crime. Within the headlines it highlights that rape cases are up by 27%, violent crime up by 22% and drug offences up by 16%. The Sun states that its readers were fearful of becoming victims of crime; this was reinforced by the disturbing statistics shown. Murder had risen by 18%, violence against another up by 28%, sex offences 17%, gun crime was up by 35%, wounding 11%, child abduction 45%, death by drink or reckless driving 12%, immigration offences 31%, obscene publication offences ...

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