Fear of Crime and Constrained Behavior Specifying and Estimating a Reciprocal Effects Model

Liska, Allen E.; Sanchirico, Andrew; Reed, Mark D.

doi:10.1093/sf/66.3.827

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“…who experienced victimization fear crime to a greater extent than those who have never came into contact with crime. Some authors (Ferraro, 1995;Garofalo, 1979;Liska et al, 1988;Pechačová, Hraba, Bao, & Lorenz, 1998;Wanner & Caputo, 1987), however, find only weak, negative or no association between these phenomena. Since there exists a discrepancy between fear of crime and victimization, fears of certain social groups were labelled as "paradoxical".…”

Section: Correlates Of Fear Of Crimementioning

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“…It may especially be due to the fact that in most cases we operate with a cross-sectional data where identifying causal links is rather questionable. It is, however, confirmed by a number of authors (Garofalo, 1981;Chanley, Rudolph, & Rahn, 2000;Jackson, Bradford, Hohl, & Farrall, 2009;Jackson & Stafford, 2009;Liska, Sanchirico, & Reed, 1988;Williams, Singh, & Singh, 1994) that fear of crime can lead to various social problems ranging from lower interpersonal and institutional trust to change in behavioral patterns and lifestyle or worse integration into the society.…”

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Life satisfaction and happiness: discussing the impact of fear of crime and victimization

Krulichová¹

2018

Auc Philosophica Et Historica

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Subjective well-being is usually studied with respect to marital and occupational status, income or subjective health. Conversely, research examining the relationship between this phenomenon and crime related factors is still relatively limited. This study therefore aims to extent the current knowledge in this area. Using data from the fifth wave of the European Social Survey for the Czech Republic, in which 2386 respondents participated, we conduct a hierarchical regression analysis to find out to what extent victimization experience and fear of crime influence life satisfaction and happiness of Czechs. The results of the analysis reveal a direct relationship between fear of crime and subjective well-being. On the contrary, victimization affects life satisfaction and happiness indirectly via the fear of crime. Surprisingly, a decrease in life satisfaction is greater for fearful men than fearful women, whereas there are no gender differences regarding the fear of crime -happiness link.

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Life satisfaction and happiness: discussing the impact of fear of crime and victimization

Krulichová¹

2018

Auc Philosophica Et Historica

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“…Researchers typically hypothesize that similar to physical vulnerability, social vulnerability is related to greater fear of crime. Some studies have examined the effects of income and education (Taylor and Hale 1986;Will and McGrath 1995), while others have examined race and ethnicity (Braungart et al 1980;Clemente and Kleiman 1977;Covington and Taylor 1991;Liska et al 1988;Skogan and Maxfield 1981). The findings on social vulnerability have not been entirely consistent, but there is some support for the hypothesis that members of minority groups and persons with low income and less education are more socially vulnerable and thus more likely to report higher levels of fear (Gibson et al 2002).…”

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Socio‐Demographic Correlates of Fear of Crime and the Social Context of Contemporary Urban China

Liu

Messner

Zhang

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American J of Comm Psychol

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Previous research in the West has established major socio-demographic correlates of fear of crime. The interpretation of these correlates is typically based on the concept of physical or social vulnerability of individuals. These correlates are implicitly regarded as invariant to social or community contexts, reflecting universal human behavioral patterns. The present study argues that social change may alter patterns of perceptions associated with fear among socio-demographic groups, thus affecting socio-demographic correlates of fear of crime. We explore how social changes in China have created a generational gap that influences the effects of age and education on fear of crime. The study finds that, in contrast with the well-established patterns in Western communities, the young and educated exhibit a higher level of fear of crime in urban China than their counterparts. The study also finds that consistent with Western literature, females are fearful and that personal victimization experience increases the level of fear. We discuss the social and community processes that produce these interesting patterns.

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“…Based on research which suggested anxieties about crime can affect behavior (Hickman and Muehlenhard 1997;Lane, Gover and Dahod 2009;Liska, Sanchirico and Reed 1988), the survey also included questions about crime avoidance behavior. Questions about crime avoidance have not been as frequently used as questions about fear and perceived risk (May, Rader and Goodrum 2010) but the inclusion of such questions was considered important as the measures go beyond abstract concerns about crime and serve as indicators of the extent to which crimeassociated trepidation affects quality of life.…”

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“…Consequently, such businesses may fail or relocate to other areas, which means fewer opportunities and services for residents of neighborhoods perceived to be dangerous. Research also indicates that fear of crime may degrade the quality of communal life by discouraging social interaction, with residents of neighborhoods perceived as dangerous being hesitant to spend time outside or interact with neighbors (Fisher 1991;Foster and Giles-Corti 2008;Lane 2002;Lane and Meeker 2004;Liska, Sanchirico and Reed 1988;Liska and Warner 1991).…”

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Fear of Crime in South Korea

Brown

2016

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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This study provides analyses of data on crime-associated trepidation obtained from surveys administered to college students in South Korea. The survey contained questions about, and the analyses distinguished between, offense-specific fears (fear of burglary and fear of home invasion), perceived risk of victimization (day and night), and crime avoidance behaviors (avoidance of nocturnal activity and avoidance of particular areas). Regression analyses of the data show that victimization was not consistently associated with crime-associated trepidation, while gender significantly impacted all measures of concern about crime. Women were more likely than men to report being fearful, perceiving risk, and crime avoidance behaviors. Building upon prior scholarship (for example, Madriz 1997; Stanko 1989) and considering the social context in which the data were gathered, it is herein suggested that the gendered variation in crime-associated anxiety may reflect patriarchal power relations. The methodological and policy implications of the study are also discussed. KeywordsCrime; fear; gender; perceived threat; victimization; South Korea. Please cite this article as:

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Fear of Crime and Constrained Behavior Specifying and Estimating a Reciprocal Effects Model

Cited by 226 publications

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Life satisfaction and happiness: discussing the impact of fear of crime and victimization

Life satisfaction and happiness: discussing the impact of fear of crime and victimization

Socio‐Demographic Correlates of Fear of Crime and the Social Context of Contemporary Urban China

Fear of Crime in South Korea

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