Nothing Bad Happens to Good Girls: Fear of Crime in Women's Lives

Gardner, Carol Brooks; Madriz, Esther

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“…According to a systematic review (Sreetheran & van den Bosch, 2014), indicators of the urban environment can provoke fear of crime victimization, relating to poor lighting, poor landscaping and dense vegetation, physical disorder, and incivilities. Researchers have reported that fear of crime can have negative consequences for health and well‐being, by reducing mobility and physical activity, causing individuals to stay home (Gardner & Madriz, 1998; Hollander, 2001; Toby et al., 1982). Fear of crime has also been associated with more chronic health problems at the end of the 10‐year study (Robinette et al., 2016).…”

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Community Greening, Fear of Crime, and Mental Health Outcomes

Burt

Kondo

Hohl

et al. 2021

American J of Comm Psychol

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Unmaintained vacant land in urban areas is associated with a number of negative outcomes for residents of urban areas, including mental and physical health, safety, and quality of life. Community programs which promote land parcel maintenance in urban neighborhoods have been found to reverse some of the effects that unmaintained land has on nearby residents. We explored how land parcel maintenance is associated with mental health outcomes using data collected in Flint, MI in 2017–2018. Trained observers assessed the maintenance of approximately 7200 land parcels and surveyed 691 residents (57% Female, 53% Black, M age = 51). We aggregated resident and parcel rating data to 463 street segments and compared three structural equation models (SEM) to estimate the mediating effects of fear of crime on the association of parcel qualities on mental distress for residents. We found that fear of crime mediated the association between parcel maintenance values and mental distress indicating that poor maintenance predicted more fear of crime which was associated with mental distress. Our findings add to our understanding about the mechanism by which vacant lot improvements may operate to enhance psychological well‐being of residents who live on streets with vacant and unkept lots.

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Community Greening, Fear of Crime, and Mental Health Outcomes

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Kondo

Hohl

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American J of Comm Psychol

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Unsafe and unequal: a decomposition analysis of income inequalities in fear of crime in northern Sweden

Boldis

Sebastián

Gustafsson

2018

Int J Equity Health

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BackgroundFear of crime is not solely an individual concern, but as a social determinant of health structured by gender it also poses a threat to public health. Social inequalities are thought to represent a breeding ground for fear of crime, which subsequently may contribute to social inequalities in health. However, little research has focused on social inequalities in fear of crime, particularly in Sweden where the level of fear of crime and income and gender inequalities are comparatively low. With a conceptual model as a point of departure, the present study aimed to estimate and decompose income-related inequalities and explore gender differences in fear of crime in northern Sweden.MethodsParticipants (N = 22,140; 10,220 men and 11,920 women aged 16 to 84 years) came from the Health on Equal Terms cross-sectional survey with linked register data, carried out in the four northernmost counties of Sweden in 2014. Disposable income was used as the socio-economic indicator, fear of crime as the binary outcome variable, and sociodemographic characteristics, residential context, socio-economic and material conditions and psychosocial conditions as explanatory factors. Concentration curve and concentration index were used to estimate the income inequality in fear of crime, and decomposition analysis to identify the key determinants of the inequalities, in collapsed and gender-stratified analyses.ResultsSubstantial gender differences were found in the prevalence of fear of crime (20.8% in women and 3.5% and men) and among the contributing factors to fear of crime. Additionally, the analyses revealed considerable income inequalities in fear of crime in the northern Swedish context (C = − 0.219). Gender, socio-economic and material, and psychosocial conditions explained the most in income inequalities of fear of crime in the total population.ConclusionsThe existing gender and socio-economic inequities need to be approached as a greater structural problem to mitigate inequalities in fear of crime. Further research is needed to reveal more aspects of income inequalities in fear of crime and to develop efforts to create safe environments for all.

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Nothing Bad Happens to Good Girls: Fear of Crime in Women's Lives

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Community Greening, Fear of Crime, and Mental Health Outcomes

Community Greening, Fear of Crime, and Mental Health Outcomes

Unsafe and unequal: a decomposition analysis of income inequalities in fear of crime in northern Sweden

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