Citation

Britto S, Stoddart D, Ugwu J. J. Ethn. Crim. Justice 2018; 16(2): 117-136.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15377938.2017.1354117

PMID

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Abstract

There is consensus in the fear of crime literature that women are more afraid of crime than men. Research has explored perceptually contemporaneous offenses to explain the differences in male and female fear, and to explore the possibility that different crimes shape their respective fears. Victimization studies consistently find that African-American citizens are at a higher risk of crime and fear of crime. Using a 2013 sample of a Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in the south, the present study will 1) report gender differences in fear of crime, 2) test whether gender differences in fear of crime are explained by perceptually contemporaneous offenses, and 3) assess whether or not men and women share the same master offenses.

Language: en

Keywords

Fear of crime; gender; HBCU; master status; perceptually contemporaneous offenses