Citation

Chataway ML, Hart TC. Vict. Offender 2019; 14(2): 143-164.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15564886.2018.1552221

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Prior research has identified gender as a significant predictor of crime fear. Specifically, women are typically more fearful of crime than men, despite being relatively less likely to be victimized. The current study examines different ways men and women may think about crime and victimization within their neighborhoods, using contemporary social-psychological models of victimization worry. Data were collected from a sample of community residents (N = 713) living on the Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia.

RESULTS suggest that men's and women's fear of crime and perceptions of victimization threat are dependent on crime type and can be represented by a number of relationships among different social-psychological dimensions of victimization worry. The study concludes with practical implications for researchers seeking to examine the complex associations between gender and fear of crime.

Language: en

Keywords

atitudes toward crime; gender; gender-fear-victimization paradox; social-psychological dimensions of crime fear