Fear of crime and criminal victimization: Gender-based contrasts

By J. Schafer, Beth m. Huebner, T. Bynum. 2006

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science

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Multilevel Impacts of Perceived Incivilities and Perceptions of Crime Risk on Fear of Crime (2008, background): “By contrast, Schafer, Huebner, and Bynum (2006), using data stratified by police beat from one midwestern city, did control for ecological context and did find independent impacts of risk and incivilities on a fear index, labeled personal safety, somewhat similar to the one used here (see their…”
AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE “THREAT OF VICTIMIZATION:” CONSIDERING FEAR OF CRIME, PERCEIVED RISK, AVOIDANCE, AND DEFENSIVE BEHAVIORS (2007, background): “of victimization on fear of crime conflict, as some argue victims are more likely to fear crime while others argue that nonvictims are more likely to fear crime (Wilcox et al. 2006; Schafer et al. 2006).”
An Examination of the Micro-Level Crime–Fear of Crime Link (2015, methodology): “For example, Schafer et al. (2006) used three self-rated items to tap into perceptions of violent crime in the neighborhood, including shootings, public violence, and violent crimes.”
Controversies Involving Gender and Intimate Partner Violence in the United States (2010, background): “Generally, women have been shown to report greater levels of crimerelated fear than men; there may also be gender differences in how fear is expressed ( Schafer et al. 2006 ).”
Assessing the relationship between individual characteristics, neighborhood context, and fear of crime (2010, background): “Namely, females’ concerns regarding crime lie specifically with their pervasive fear of sexual assault at the hands of their male counterparts; for males, however, their fear is typically based on a general fear of non-sexual victimizations such as assault or robbery bymembers of their own gender gr”
Effect of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) Measures on Active Living and Fear of Crime (2016, result): “Finally, the model identifies the gender difference regarding fear of crime; women are more likely to have a higher level of fear of crime than men, which is consistent with previous findings [17,18,20].”
A Gendered Assessment of the ‘‘Threat of Victimization’’: Examining Gender Differences in Fear of Crime, Perceived Risk, Avoidance, and Defensive Behaviors (2010, background): “Additionally, previous research also suggests that race and age are important mediators of the relationship between perceived risk and gender as well (Shafer et al., 2006).”
Media, Gender, and Fear of Crime (2015, background): “This ‘‘gender-fear paradox’’ has often been attributed to women’s heightened sense of physical vulnerability (Fisher & Sloan, 2003; Gilchrist et al., 1998; Hughes et al., 2003; Schafer et al., 2006; Stanko, 1992), but even studies that control for vulnerability find that women’s fear of crime remain”
Fear of Crime Revisited: Examining the Direct and Indirect Effects of Disorder, Risk Perception, and Social Capital (2011, result): “Not surprisingly and consistent with prior research (e.g., Ferraro 1995; Schafer et al. 2006; Wyant 2008), perception of risk was directly related to higher levels of fear and it—to some extent—mediated the effects of all causally prior variables in the model.”
FEAR OF CRIME AND PERSONAL VULNERABILITY: EXAMINING SELF-REPORTED HEALTH (2011, background): “Once age is controlled for, vulnerability may not play a factor in men’s fear of crime (Beaulieu et al. 2007; Reid and Konrad 2004; Schafer et al. 2006).”