Crime and safety in transit environments: a systematic review of the English and the French literature, 1970–2020
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2022
Subject Area
place - europe, literature review - literature review, mode - bus, mode - rail, planning - personal safety/crime
Keywords
Security, Fear of crime, Transit safety, Intersectionality, Whole journey approach, Bibliometric analysis, Vosviewer
Abstract
This article reviews five decades of English and French literature on transit safety in several major databases, with the focus on Scopus and ScienceDirect. The review explores the nature and frequency of transit crime and passengers’ safety perceptions in transport nodes and along the trip using bibliometric analysis and a systematic review of the literature. The number of retrieved documents was 3137, and 245 were selected for in-depth analysis. Transit safety as a research area took off after the mid-1990s and peaked after the 2010s. The body of research is dominated by the English-language literature (mostly large cities), with a focus on the safety of rail-bound environments and examples of interventions to improve actual and perceived safety for public transportation (PT) users. Highlighting the importance of transit environments along the whole trip, the article also helps advocate for more inclusion of passengers’ safety needs and the involvement of multiple stakeholders in implementing PT policies.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by SpringerLink, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Ceccato, V., Gaudelet, N. & Graf, G. (2022). Crime and safety in transit environments: a systematic review of the English and the French literature, 1970–2020. Public Transport, Vol. 14, pp. 105–153.
