Citation

Grinshteyn EG, Eisenman DP, Cunningham WE, Andersen R, Ettner SL. Fam. Community Health 2016; 39(2): 103-112.

Affiliation

School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno (Dr Grinshteyn); Divisions of General Internal Medicine (Dr Eisenman) and General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research (Drs Cunningham and Ettner), David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA Center for Public Health and Disasters (Dr Eisenman), and Department of Health Policy and Management (Drs Cunningham, Ettner, and Andersen), UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/FCH.0000000000000095

PMID

26882413

Abstract

Fear of violent crime is common among adolescents in urban settings; however, little is known about individual- and neighborhood-level determinants of fear. A generalized ordered logit model was used to analyze individual- and neighborhood-level variables among 2474 adolescents. Seeing violence significantly reduced the probability of feeling unafraid, as did higher levels of social disorder. The more block faces where police were visible, the higher the probability of feeling unafraid and lower the probability of feeling very afraid. Reducing fear could affect more people than just reducing crime. Fear-reduction strategies should target those most at risk of becoming fearful.

Language: en