The past decade or two has shown an increased interest in, ‘fear or crime,’ (Newburn page 355), the idea of victimization and concerns around young people aged 16-24; their capacity to be victims of crime, the likelihood of them committing crime. Many things are considered to influence individual fear of crime such as race, age, gender, socio economic status, victimisation and locality. Criminologists have also suggested that victimisation is a significant dependant variable within crime (Williams et al 2000, cited in Wynne 2008). Fear of crime can induce a variety of responses. DuBow et al (1979 as cited in ‘Crime in College Park []) identified six behaviours as direct responses to fear of crime: avoidance, protective, insurance, communicative, participation and information seeking. The two behaviours that have been measured in research studies more prevalently are avoidance and protective behaviours. While fear of crime might encourage people to protect themselves from criminals by avoiding certain areas or strangers, protection might also mean arming themselves with weapons. A study by the Street Weapons Commission indicated that 26% of young respondents interviewed said that they would carry a weapon out of fear of crime so we might assume that there is some correlation between fear and crime. We might go as far as to ask whether fear of crime actually contributes to criminal behavior. A report commissioned by the Bridge House Trust, ‘Fear and Fashion’, which pursued the views of specialists working with young people, established that fear of crime, experience – direct or otherwise – of victimisation and the desire for status in an unequal society are the foremost incentives for carrying knives. The report stated: "Fear and victimisation play the most significant role in a young person’s decision to carry a knife or weapon. Practitioners who attended the seminar, unprompted, shared the perception that fear was the main motive for carrying a knife." While fresh victimisation surveys show that fear of crime has lessened (Newburn 355-357) the British crime survey has shown that the fear of crime is disproportionate to the level of risk. Women and the elderly were shown to be more in fear of crime while statistics have shown that they are less likely to be victims. The group perceived to be least fearful of crime were young men aged between 16 and 24 who in fact are more at risk of being a victim of crime (BCS 2010/11). The Stockholm Project (1990) was developed to study the geographical effects of crime (as cited in Mellgren 2011). It was questioned whether individuals' fear of crime or victimisation was effected by, "neighborhood effects," and whether certain neighbourhood characteristics were a