Fear of crime in Brisbane

Abstract

Numerous theories apply to fear of crime and each are associated with different kinds of variables. Most studies use only one theory, though this study examines the relative importance of different kinds of variables across a number of theories. The study uses data from a survey of residents in Brisbane, Australia to examine the relative importance of individual attributes, neighbourhood disorder, social processes and neighbourhood structure in predicting fear of crime. Individual attributes and neighbourhood disorder were found to be important predictors of fear of crime, while social processes and neighbourhood structure were found to be far less important. The theoretical implications are that the vulnerability hypothesis and the incivilities thesis are most appropriate for investigating fear of crime, though social disorganization theory does provide conceptual support for the incivilities thesis. Although social processes are less important in predicting fear of crime than neighbourhood incivilities, they are still integrally related to fear of crime: they explain how incivilities arise, they buffer against fear of crime, and they are affected by fear of crime.

Fear of crime and community concerns: Mediating effect of risk and pragmatic fear

“…Vulnerability, a main contributing factor to perceived ROV, refers to the perceived inability of an individual to resist direct or indirect consequences of victimisation (Cops & Pleysier, 2010). The vulnerability thesis proposes that risk sensitivity is controlled by consciousness, perceived level of physical ability and the combination of perceived risk, seriousness of consequences, and lack of control (Smith & Torstensson, 1997;McCrea, Shyy, Western, & Stimson, 2005).…”

Fear of Crime among Women in the Old City Center of Istanbul

“…Fear of crime keeps growing unless taken under control. The growth of fear of crime is triggered by environmental factors such as thrash, graffiti, noise, abandoned buildings, and damaged cars, antisocial behaviors such as gangs or being drunk and rowdy, distrust toward the police, bad reputation of urban areas due to crime, and the severity of criminal attacks in those areas (Taylor & Covington, 1993;McCrea et al, 2005).…”

“…Research has shown that fear of crime may change from country to country and according to the country's sociocultural and political-institutional structure (Hirtenlehner & Farrall, 2013), and that crime and fear of crime is correlated with individuals' education level, income level, race, age, duration of residence, sense of belonging to the place of residence, and most of all with their gender (Gray, Jackson, & Farrall, 2011). MacMillan et al (2000), McCrea et al (2005), and Pain (1997) found that women fear crime at higher levels than men. Similar studies on this topic are explained below.…”

Suç Korkusu, İstanbul İlçeleri̇nde Arasinda Mekansal Açidan Nasil Farklilaşir?

“…They found that gender was the first and neighborhood disorder was the second predictors of fear of crime. Maps created using GIS system showed the spatial distribution of fear of crime for Brisbane City and fear of crime distribution according to citizens' socio-economic status [35].…”