Gender, socially desirable responding and the fear of crime: Are women really more anxious about crime?

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A psychological perspective on vulnerability in the fear of crime (2009, methodology): “…work on what ‘fear’ of crime means in the first place, and what is actually being measured (Farrall, Bannister, Ditton, & Gilchrist, 1997; Gray, Jackson, & Farrall, 2008a,b; Jackson et al., 2007), and on social desirability and suppression in the measurement of fear (Sutton & Farrall, 2005, 2008).”
An exploratory study of perceived safety in a neighborhood park using immersive virtual environments (2018, background): “The differences found for the high and medium enclosed environments may be partially due to the fact that men are more likely to suppress the presentation of their fears than women (Sutton and Farrall, 2005).”
A Gendered Assessment of the ‘‘Threat of Victimization’’: Examining Gender Differences in Fear of Crime, Perceived Risk, Avoidance, and Defensive Behaviors (2010, background): “This stigma may cause men to underreport their fear on surveys about fear of crime (Sutton & Farrall, 2005).”
Gender Differences in Fear of Terrorism (2009, background): “Others express the opinion that men are socialized not to express fear and that suspicions of greater fear among women may in reality reflect a suppressed expression of fear among men (goodey, 1997; Sutton & Farrall, 2005).”