Abstract
Paper describes the recent development in the field of fear of crime surveys in the Czech Republic. The dynamics of fear and worries is strengthening now.
During the period of economic crisis some concerns and worries should rise up but there is a new subject of concerns, maybe a new scapegoat: the corruption. Paper examines the processes of the still continuing fear reduction and the influence of both the victimization and the local conditions on the fear of crime, in the second part it demonstrates both an extreme rise in the worry about corruption and the involvement into bribery in everyday practices as well.
The transition to democracy in the Czech Republic after 1989 offered a picture of a "patient" society accepting necessary social costs of the change. The conclusion on a "risk normalization" covers two features: the patient reaction of people to the increase of crime rates after 1989 and the increasing differentiation of attitudes according to the local aspects (represented by city size).