In search of fear : A study examining the potential of using Google Trends data to estimate the fear of crime in Sweden during 2011-2019

Fear of crime is an important topic in research as well as in public opinion. However, data on fear of crime is limited and difficult to collect, being heavily reliant on surveys with different methods of operationalization yielding different results. This paper aims to investigate if an alternative...

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Main Author: Lindberg, Karl
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Nationalekonomiska institutionen 2020
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-414724