Research: Perceptions of personal safety among older Australians

Quine, Susan; Morrell, Stephen

doi:10.1111/j.1741-6612.2008.00289.x

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“…It was not our aim to assess the extent to which the different statements were associated with personal characteristics. More research is needed to further elucidate the safety needs in certain groups; for example, women and the elderly [23][24][25].…”

Section: Methodological Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Residents’ perspectives on safety support needs in different types of housing areas

Kullberg

Nordqvist

Timpka

et al. 2011

Scand J Public Health

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Section: Methodological Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Residents’ perspectives on safety support needs in different types of housing areas

Kullberg

Nordqvist

Timpka

et al. 2011

Scand J Public Health

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“…The majority of both older men (68.5 per cent) and women (62.6 per cent) reported feeling safe in their home all the time, with a smaller proportion reporting feeling safe in their neighbourhood all the time (men 60.3 per cent, women 52.1 per cent). Older adults in non-metropolitan areas reported feeling safer in their neighbourhood than those living in metropolitan areas, but conversely felt less safe in their homes (Quine and Morrell 2008b). Specifically, older adults living in small rural communities were the most likely to report that they felt safe in their community all of the time (Quine and Morrell 2008a).…”

Section: Fear Of Crimementioning

confidence: 97%

“…There may also be interactions between gender and age. One study reported that with increasing age, women increased in their likelihood of feeling safe in the home, but decreased in their likelihood of feeling safe in the neighbourhood (Quine and Morrell 2008b).…”

Section: Fear Of Crimementioning

confidence: 99%

Are Neighbourhood Incivilities Associated with Fear of Crime?

Roberts¹,

Indermaur²

2012

Australia: Identity, Fear and Governance in the 21st Century

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Beyond the direct harm that crime has on individuals and their communities, crime also has destructive effects indirectly through fear of crime. Whether or not such fear is based on a realistic assessment of the likelihood of crime victimisation, it can have debilitating effects on an individual's physical and mental wellbeing and social functioning. Based on a longitudinal study of persons aged fifty to seventy-five, Stafford, Chandola and Marmot (2007) reported that fear of crime was associated with reduced quality of life, higher rates of depression and poorer mental health. In addition, fear of crime was associated with reduced physical functioning. The authors hypothesised that the poorer mental and physical health outcomes are the result of the curtailment of physical and social activities resulting from the fear of crime. While attempts to estimate the economic and social costs of fear of crime have been limited by the difficulty of measuring intangible costs, Dolan and Peasgood (2007) highlight the need to consider the tangible costs of fear of crime (for example, costs resulting from changed behaviour to reduce the perceived risk of victimisation such as the cost of taking taxis rather than public transport) and associated health costs (in the United Kingdom estimated at £19.5 per year per person).In addition to the effect on individuals, communities can also be affected where fear of crime is high. Skogan (1986) detailed how fear of crime in 'disintegrating' neighbourhoods can result in residents physically withdrawing from community life and focusing their concerns (and by extension their informal control through surveillance) within the household. This weakening of social organisation and informal social control within the community can provide the opportunity for increased delinquency and disorder, further contributing to physical and social incivilities and neighbourhood decline. This sequential interaction of community disorganisation and incivilities has been the subject of much criminological investigation dating back at least to the seminal work of Skogan and Maxfield (1981) and popularised through the 'broken windows' thesis of Wilson and Kelling (1982). Work in this area continues, including within Australia with key studies including the major National Campaign Against Violence and Crime fear-of-crime research project (Tulloch et al. 1998a(Tulloch et al. , 1998b and, more recently, McCrea et al.'s (2005) exploration of the relative contribution of the social disorganisation and incivilities of fear of crime within Brisbane.

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“…[270] The finding that women living in major cities perceived their neighbourhood to be less safe has been shown by other authors using Australian data. [100,271] Using data from women aged 73 to 78 years in bivariate analyses, Young and colleagues found that women living in urban areas reported the lowest levels of safety, and perceptions of safety increased with increasing remoteness. [100] These findings are also consistent with those of Quine and Morrell.…”

Section: Postcode Socioeconomic Position and Residential Locationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[100] These findings are also consistent with those of Quine and Morrell. [271] The geographic distribution of socioeconomically disadvantaged areas is complex. The finding that people living in major cities perceived their neighbourhood to be less safe cannot be attributed to greater socioeconomically disadvantage in major cities.…”

Section: Postcode Socioeconomic Position and Residential Locationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceived neighbourhood cohesion and health among mid-aged Australian women

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Research: Perceptions of personal safety among older Australians

Abstract: The perception that older people are greatly concerned with their personal safety is not supported by these findings.

Cited by 4 publications

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Residents’ perspectives on safety support needs in different types of housing areas

Residents’ perspectives on safety support needs in different types of housing areas

Are Neighbourhood Incivilities Associated with Fear of Crime?

Perceived neighbourhood cohesion and health among mid-aged Australian women

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