Fear of crime refers to the fear of being a victim of crime, and it is nurtured by folklore and the media. Folklore fosters fear of crime using oral tradition transferred throughout generations by updating old contexts into modern times. On the other hand, the media visualizes the possibility of being a victim by introducing the real-life experiences of victims. Contrary to folklore, victims presented in the media seem more accessible, and the victimization of individuals may be proven. Folklore and the media have cooperated to keep the fear of crime alive to warn society that individual lives are on the verge of becoming victims of criminals. In this paper, I aim to describe the fear of crime through two particular crimes: Child abductions and organ thefts. Data for this research comes from two sets of materials: Newspaper news stories and semi-structured interviews conducted in face-to-face settings with mothers from two different generations. My research reveals that mothers of the eighties were scared of their children being victims of beggar gangs and organ trade criminals, while millennial mothers suffer from the possibility of their children being victims of online grooming and sextortion.

对犯罪的恐惧是指对成为犯罪受害者的恐惧，它是由民间传说和媒体培育的。民间传说利用代代相传的口头传统，通过将旧的环境更新为现代来培养对犯罪的恐惧。另一方面，媒体通过介绍受害者的真实经历，将成为受害者的可能性形象化。与民间传说相反，媒体中呈现的受害者似乎更容易接近，而且个人的受害情况也可能得到证实。民间传说和媒体合作，保持对犯罪的恐惧，警告社会个人生命即将成为犯罪分子的受害者。在本文中，我旨在通过两种特定犯罪来描述对犯罪的恐惧：绑架儿童和盗窃器官。这项研究的数据来自两组材料：报纸新闻报道和与两代不同代的母亲面对面进行的半结构化访谈。我的研究表明，八十年代的母亲担心自己的孩子成为乞丐团伙和器官贸易犯罪分子的受害者，而千禧一代的母亲则担心自己的孩子可能成为网络诱骗和性勒索的受害者。