Citation

Schafer JA, Huebner BM, Bynum TS. J. Crim. Justice 2006; 34(3): 285-301.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2006.03.003

PMID

unavailable

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.