Feeling Unsafe in a Multicultural Neighbourhood: Indigenous Inhabitants’ Perspectives

Müller, Thaddeus; Fischer, Tamar

doi:10.1093/bjc/azu113

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“…Fear of crime does not seem to be influenced by the ethnic composition of the neighbourhood, consistent with the statements by Chiricos and colleagues (1997). As observed by other researchers (Müller and Fisher, 2015), inter-ethnic social involvement reinforces the sense of unsafety; as demonstrated by the current results, the perception of a poor level of integration has a significant negative impact on the sense of safety and its dimensions.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Social integration is considered to be a factor enhancing the sense of safety because it reinforces social networks between different ethnic groups (Adams and Serpe, 2000; Gibson et al, 2002; Rountree and Land, 1996). Indeed, on the one hand there is some evidence that native people with multi-ethnic relationships feel themselves to be safer in the place where they live (Müller and Fisher, 2015). On the other hand, rapid changes in a community can represent a factor increasing the perception of unsafety: neighbourhoods with high residential instability in the ethnic composition are characterized by higher levels of fear of crime (Skogan, 1986; Taylor and Covington, 1993).…”

Section: Interpreting Feelings Of Unsafety From the Perspective Of Fementioning

confidence: 99%

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Urban safety: A re-reading of the sense of unsafety through individual and ecological dimensions

Ferretti

Pozza

Coluccia

2018

European Journal of Criminology

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The issue of urban safety is a research topic that has attracted the attention of scholars for several years, particularly in relation to the effects of individual and environmental variables that influence the fear of crime. Some recent studies have redefined the study of fear of crime, widening it to a more general dimension represented by the perception of safety. However, no specific tool has been proposed to measure this construct. In this paper, a new assessment scale of the perception of unsafety has been used to examine the impact of individual factors (gender, age, etc.) and ecological factors (ethnic composition of the neighbourhood, residential stability, etc.) on the dimensions of the scale (general sense of unsafety, perception of physical and social disorder, collective efficacy perception and preoccupation with crime). Results showed a strong convergence with the existing evidence with regard to the ambiguous role of some individual variables, such as gender and age, and for the influence of the characteristics of the neighbourhood.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Interpreting Feelings Of Unsafety From the Perspective Of Fementioning

confidence: 99%

Urban safety: A re-reading of the sense of unsafety through individual and ecological dimensions

Ferretti

Pozza

Coluccia

2018

European Journal of Criminology

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“…To our knowledge, only one study has explicitly analyzed the association between ethnic diversity and fear of crime (among Belgian natives) at a local European level (Hooghe & De Vroome, 2016). This lack of research is surprising because feelings of unsafety experienced by residents of ethnically mixed neighborhoods are a major social and political issue in a range of Western European countries, including Sweden, France, Great Britain, and the Netherlands, which is the focus of this study (Müller & Fischer, 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The street level and beyond: The impact of ethnic diversity on neighborhood cohesion and fear of crime among Dutch natives and nonnatives

Glas

Engbersen

Snel

2018

Journal of Urban Affairs

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Ethnic diversity is increasing in most Western societies. Research suggests that these increasing levels of diversity could result in less neighborhood cohesion and more fear of crime. In this article, we examine both hypothesized outcomes of ethnic diversity, using survey data of the Dutch Safety Monitor 2014 in combination with detailed register data. The effects of diversity on neighborhood cohesion and fear of crime are simultaneously assessed at 3 spatial levels: districts, neighborhoods, and streets. The results of the multilevel analyses show that ethnic diversity is modestly related to less neighborhood cohesion and more fear of crime at specific spatial levels. The patterns are largely similar for natives and nonnatives. We found, in addition, that recent increases in diversity are unable to explain differences in neighborhood cohesion and fear of crime. Altogether, our study provides a nuanced understanding of diversity effects in the Dutch context.

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“…In the first place, the narratives show few examples of interethnic contact between older people and people with an immigrant background. This is a likely explanation for why people feel unsafe, as lack of interethnic contact between culturally diverse groups in public space has been associated with stronger feelings of unsafety (Müller and Fischer 2015). However, even respondents who know one or two direct immigrant neighbors personally and say they like and respect these people do not extend these feelings to immigrant groups in general (see Valentine 2008).…”

Section: Encounters With Intergenerational and Cultural Differencementioning

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Older People's Self–Selected Spaces of Encounter in Urban Aging Environments in the Netherlands

Melik¹,

Pijpers²

2017

City & Community

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Using a narrative methodology involving 216 older people in six urban aging environments in the Netherlands, we examined how they use and experience (semi–)public spaces as spaces of encounter, and the meanings they derive from using and experiencing these spaces. The research shows that, first, older people prefer commercial spaces like shopping malls to planned and designed activity spaces in care homes or neighborhood centers. Second, older people struggle with the transformations that have taken place in urban social life since they were young adults. Third, especially frail older people derive meaning from a more passive experience of urban social life, in an observer role. The findings allow us to contribute to ongoing debates on the shifting boundaries between public and private space, and the moral implications of these shifting boundaries from the perspective of a diverse group of older users.

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Feeling Unsafe in a Multicultural Neighbourhood: Indigenous Inhabitants’ Perspectives

Cited by 7 publications

References 40 publications

Urban safety: A re-reading of the sense of unsafety through individual and ecological dimensions

Urban safety: A re-reading of the sense of unsafety through individual and ecological dimensions

The street level and beyond: The impact of ethnic diversity on neighborhood cohesion and fear of crime among Dutch natives and nonnatives

Older People's Self–Selected Spaces of Encounter in Urban Aging Environments in the Netherlands

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