Scaremongers drive many to search frantically for something, anything that will make them feel safe, but safety isn't a thing you can buy - it's a feeling you have to build for yourself.
Links for the Curious -
1. “There goes the fear”: feelings of safety at home and in the neighborhood: The role of personal, social, and service factors: Feeling Safe at Home and in the Neighbourhood (Allik, M. & Kearns, A., 2017) - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...
2. Media Logic, Social Control, and Fear: Media Logic, Social Control, and Fear (Altheide, D. L., 2013) - https://academic.oup.com/ct/article/2...
3. Preparing for Critical Infrastructure Breakdowns: The Limits of Crisis Management and the Need for Resilience (Boin, A. & McConnell, A., 2007) - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...
4. Murder she watched: Does watching news or fictional media cultivate fear of crime? (Chadee, D., Smith, S. & Ferguson, C. J., 2019) - [https://christopherjferguson.com/Murder She Watched.pdf](https://christopherjferguson.com/Murd...)
5. ATP 5-19 Risk Management (Department of the Army, 2014) - [https://www.armyresilience.army.mil/a... 5-19 Risk Management.pdf](https://www.armyresilience.army.mil/a...)
6. A Risk Practitioners Guide to ISO 31000: 2018 (Institute of Risk Management, 2018) - [https://www.demarcheiso17025.com/docu... Risk Practitioners Guide to ISO 31000 � 2018.pdf](https://www.demarcheiso17025.com/docu...)
7. Safe operation as a social construct (Rochlin, G. I., 1999) - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...
8. Why We Believe the Myth of High Crime Rates (Novak, S., 2024) - https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
9. The Back-Up: Bed Mounted Shotgun Rack (Sorrel, C., 2007) - https://www.wired.com/2007/10/the-bac...
10. New details revealed about woman, sister and teen found dead at remote Colorado campsite - CBS News , 2023) - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christin...
11. Fun Chatty, Episode 48 - / fun-chatty-48-101266141
12. Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...
13. Risk: a very short introduction (Fischhoff, B. & Kadvany, J. D., 2011) - https://academic.oup.com/book/454?log...
14. Risk: a user’s guide (McChrystal, S. A. & Butrico, A., 2021) - [https://www.mcchrystalgroup.com/about...](https://www.mcchrystalgroup.com/about... "https://www.mcchrystalgroup.com/about...")
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19. Episodes – Fun City Ventures - https://funcity.ventures/episodes/