Article
Fear of crime and criminal victimization: Gender-based contrasts
Journal of Criminal Justice
(2006)
Abstract
Extant research on the fear of crime and criminal victimization had generally found that women express greater levels of fear than men. Using survey data, this study contrasted perceptions of safety and the fear of personal and property victimization among male and female respondents. Specifically considered was the relationship between demographic characteristics, fear facilitators, fear inhibitors, neighborhood context, and crime-related fear. Results indicated some gender differences in the influence explanatory variables had on fear, although not all achieved statistical significance. For both gender groups, respondents' perceptions of their neighborhood as orderly and satisfactory had the largest effect on perceptions. Gender-based differences in the outcome of the analyses further supported that males and females experienced fear based upon different factors
Disciplines
Publication Date
May 1, 2006
DOI
10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2006.03.003
Citation Information
Joseph A. Schafer, Beth M. Huebner and Timothy S. Bynum. "Fear of crime and criminal victimization: Gender-based contrasts" Journal of Criminal Justice Vol. 34 Iss. 3 (2006) p. 285 - 301 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/beth-huebner/31/