From structural time use to situational rule-breaking: Analysing adolescents’ time use and the person-setting interaction

Chrysoulakis, Alberto; Ivert, Anna‐Karin; Levander, Marie Torstensson

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“…While STB data have been used to better understand the situational dynamics of crime (e.g., Chrysoulakis et al, 2022) and victimization (e.g., Averdijk & Bernasco, 2015;Engström, 2018), the methodology is not without its limitations. Hoeben et al (2014) list a number of weaknesses, which include the STB being a highly resource consuming method which assumes that the days included in the interview are representative of a longer period of time for a specific individual, with another weakness being that the use of hour-long time-slots risk missing shorter and overlapping events.…”

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“…The Malmö Community Survey is part of the Malmö Individual and Neighbourhood Development Study (MINDS; see e.g.,Ivert et al, 2018;Engström, 2018;Chrysoulakis et al, 2022).18 In the MCS 2012 the stratified random sampling approach meant that all neighbourhoods were categorized based on their population, with 40-50 respondents being sampled from the least populous neighbourhoods and 150-160 respondents from the those with the largest numbers of residents. In disadvantaged neighbourhoods there was an over-sampling of participants, since response rates were expected to be low (see.…”

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Locating place, crime and the fear of crime: methodological and theoretical considerations

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Much previous research on the fear of crime has focused on why some individuals, with certain characteristics, experience more or less fear of crime than others. However, there is also a growing body of research examining the role that the neighbourhood context in which individuals reside plays in shaping such feelings and perceptions. At the same time, less research has been directed at understanding why certain small-scale micro-places evoke feelings of unsafety and fear of crime. The aim of this dissertation is to contribute to improving the current state ofthe research focused on place, the fear of crime, and related methodological issues. The dissertation includes four original empirical research papers. Study I is based on a case study evaluating the impact of camera surveillance and examines what role the operationalization of place may play for the results and interpretation of a given study. The findings show that different operationalizations may indeed produce different results, and that the choice of operationalization must be carefully considered in the context of study design. Study II uses responses to an open-ended survey question from three waves of the Malmö Community Survey (2012, 2015, 2018) to chart the spatial concentration and temporal stability of unsafe locations. The findings show that locations perceived as unsafe by city inhabitants are concentrated to a very small proportion of the urban space, and that there is a temporal stability in unsafe locations over time. Study III further explores unsafe locations by examining the spatial risk factors associated with these unsafe locations and the role played by neighbourhood collective efficacy and disorder. The results show that a number of spatial risk factors are correlated with the outcome, suggesting that the physical environment has a role to play in shaping people’s perceptions of unsafety at a given location. The findings also show that there are major between neighbourhood variations in unsafe locations, but that neighbourhood collective efficacy and disorder play only a limited role in the explanation of this variance. The final paper, Study IV, is a methodological study focused on the feasibility of using an alternative approach to studying fear of crime, as a momentary event, and uses an experience research framework implemented using a smart phone application (STUNDA). The general conclusion is that it is feasible to conduct research on the fear of crime using a smartphone application, but that emerging methods may also involve new methodological issues and challenges. The four studies have both methodological and theoretical implications, suggesting that the way place is defined and operationalized may have important impacts on the results and interpretations of research studies. In addition, the findings suggest that there is more to be learned about the fear of crime as a context-specific experience that is dependent on the immediate environment, and that alternative methodological approaches focused on surveying momentary experiences of fear of crime using smartphone applications seem to be feasible. A place-based approach to the fear of crime, supported by alternative measures and methods, may also be important in developing a broader understanding of how perceptions of fear of crime and unsafety are shaped. Such an understanding may in turn assist policymakers and practitioners to design knowledge-based interventions to reduce fear of crime and feelings of unsafety.

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Beyond the Situation: Hanging Out with Peers now is Associated with Short-Term Mindsets Later

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Deitzer,

Frankenhuis

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J Dev Life Course Criminology

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It is well-established that unstructured unsupervised socializing with peers (UUS) motivates deviance while in that specific context. In this article, we extend this situational view by arguing that repeated UUS may also gradually shape adolescents’ norms and decision making beyond the situation. Specifically, we argue that UUS promotes short-term mindsets, i.e., an increased focus on present rewards at the expense of considering future consequences. We test this hypothesis with fixed-effects models, using longitudinal data from a representative sample of 1,675 adolescents from Zurich, Switzerland. Consistent with our preregistered predictions, more frequent UUS is associated with increased short-term mindsets. Thus, our finding suggests that the effects of UUS on later deviance might be driven by becoming more present-oriented. This link offers new insights into the developmental pathways toward adolescent delinquency and offers a potential target for intervention.

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From structural time use to situational rule-breaking: Analysing adolescents’ time use and the person-setting interaction

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Locating place, crime and the fear of crime: methodological and theoretical considerations

Locating place, crime and the fear of crime: methodological and theoretical considerations

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