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Fear of crime in the capital cities of the former Yugoslav Republics [PDF]

open access: yesSociologija, 2013
Although the fear of crime has been the subject of intensive study carried out by criminologists and sociologists in other countries for more than four decades, domestic theoretical and empirical examination of this complex phenomenon is almost ...
Đurić Slađana   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

GIS-Based Statistical Analysis of Detecting Fear of Crime with Digital Sketch Maps: A Hungarian Multicity Study

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020
This study evaluates fear of crime perception and official crime statistics in a spatial context, by applying digital sketch maps and statistical GIS methods.
Ákos Jakobi, Andrea Pődör
doaj   +1 more source

Young women’s site-specific fear of crime within urban public spaces in Seoul

open access: yesJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2021
Many studies revealed that vegetation in parks evokes fear of crime for women in a certain environmental context, and it significantly inhibits the restorative qualities of urban green spaces.
Young Hee Min, Gidong Byun, Mikyoung Ha
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Study of Fear of Crime and Its Impact on Fans' Abnormal Behavior at Stadiums (A Case Study of Football Fans at Fooladshahr Stadium in Isfahan, Iran) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of New Studies in Sport Management, 2021
The overall purpose of this study was to perform a descriptive research on fear of crime, its related individual factors and sports environments, as well as the occurrence of inappropriate behavior by fans at stadiums.
Masoud Naderian Jahromi, Elham Akhavan
doaj   +1 more source

Menilik perasaan terancam bahaya kejahatan kriminal

open access: yesJurnal Ilmiah Psikologi Terapan, 2015
It has never been clear if today’s teenagers have fear of crime or not, in Indonesia. They can be subject of crimes and they can also be the offenders. The murder case of a female student aged about 18 years old showed that the offenders were the victim ...
Diantini Ida Viatrie
doaj   +1 more source

Perceived Unsafety and Fear of Crime: The Role of Violent and Property Crime, Neighborhood Characteristics, and Prior Perceived Unsafety and Fear of Crime

open access: yesDeviant Behavior, 2021
Perceived unsafety, fear of crime, and avoidance were studied in relation to different types of crime, crime in different time perspectives, concentrated disadvantage, collective efficacy, urbanity, age structure, and neighborhood disorder.
Maria Camacho Doyle   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Broken Windows and Collective Efficacy

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2015
The broken windows thesis posits that signs of disorder increase crime and fear, both directly and indirectly. Although considerable theoretical evidence exists to support the idea that disorder is positively related to fear of crime, the empirical ...
Aldrin Abdullah   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A REFLECTION ON SELECTED FEAR OF CRIME FACTORS IN LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA

open access: yesRussian Journal of Economics and Law, 2016
Objective: to analysis the fear of crime factors according to the research carried out in 2009 in Ljubljana (Slovenia).Methods: dialectic, systemic, comparison, observation.Results: the analysis shows that the level of fear of crime has not changed ...
G. Meško
doaj   +1 more source

Faithful and fearful: Does religion promote or reduce fear of crime in Germany?

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Criminology
This article complements existing victimological studies on religion by investigating whether religion promotes or reduces fear of crime in Germany. According to the generalized insecurity approach and the theory of social production functions, religion ...
Jan-Philip Steinmann
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Examining experiential fear of crime using STUNDA: Findings from a smartphone-based experience methods study

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Criminology, 2021
Situational data have become more frequently used in research on offending and victimization. However, one outcome that has received less attention is fear of crime.
Alexander Engström, Karl Kronkvist
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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