The fear-increasing and fear-decreasing effects of a pilot policy to reduce fear of crime [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Fear of crime has been rising persistently in Chile, even in periods where actual crime rates have decreased, making the perception of crime an important policy issue.
José Miguel Benavente, Daniel Goya
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Environmental factors affecting fear of crime among young women on streets in Seoul
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2023 In modern society, the fear of crime and actual criminal activities influences the quality of daily life. Individuals vulnerable to crime are more impacted by its fear than its potential direct damage.
Gidong Byun, Mikyoung Ha
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Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2023 Fear of crime is one of the most significant factors affecting citizen’s quality of life. It isparticularly necessary to control the environmental factors that cause fear of crime in the neighborhood, as that is more worrisome.
Soohyun Lee, Gidong Byun, Mikyoung Ha
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The Association between Fear of Crime, Educational Attainment, and Health [PDF]
Epidemiologia, 2023 Fear of crime is an important public health problem that impacts people’s quality of life, health, and wellbeing, and causes mental health ailments (e.g., anxiety).
Gloria Macassa +5 more
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Community Greening, Fear of Crime, and Mental Health Outcomes. [PDF]
Am J Community Psychol, 2022 Unmaintained vacant land in urban areas is associated with a number of negative outcomes for residents of urban areas, including mental and physical health, safety, and quality of life.
Burt CJ +10 more
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The relationship between children’s fear of crime and pedestrian volume in school zones
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2023 Focusing on reducing the fear of crime among elementary school students, this study examined the relationship between pedestrian volume and fear of crime in elementary school zones.
Boyun Kirk, Mikyoung Ha, Soyeon Lee
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Unsafe and unequal: a decomposition analysis of income inequalities in fear of crime in northern Sweden [PDF]
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018 Background Fear of crime is not solely an individual concern, but as a social determinant of health structured by gender it also poses a threat to public health.
Beáta Vivien Boldis +2 more
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Fear of Crime During Years of Street Violence Is Associated With Worsening Cardiovascular Health Status. [PDF]
J Prim Care Community HealthBackground: Street violence has detrimental effects on cardiovascular health (CVH). However, the significance of these consequences have not been systematically evaluated.
Del Brutto OH +5 more
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Russian Journal of Economics and Law, 2022 Objective: to develop a new justified scale of fear of crime, based on the theory of constructed emotion, qualitative interviews and factor analysis.Methods: dialectical approach to cognition of social phenomena, using the general scientific and specific
A. L. Etopio, E. R. Berthelot
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Affective Fear of Crime and Its Association with Depressive Feelings and Life Satisfaction in Advanced Age: Cognitive Emotion Regulation as a Moderator? [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Fear of crime is a substantial problem for older adults and is associated with reduced subjective well-being. However, less is known about factors that could moderate the associations between fear of crime and mental health problems and well-being in ...
Golovchanova N +3 more
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