The fear of victims: dissecting the criminology of control

In this article is analyze the connection between the criminology of control and the indicators of fear, fright and victimization, which among others; make up the subjective dimension of crime and its measurement. The analysis presented verified several of these questions, but also made it possible to articulate the scattered threads that arise in the myriad of short proposals, programs and practical formulas for action, and connect them with very heterogeneous and focused studies, or limited to indicators or specific elements of citizen security and crime. These articulations and connections resulted in the systematization of the criminology of control, which shows theoretical contents and practical formulations more complex than they seem.