Predictors of Fear and Risk of Terrorism in a Rural State

May, David C.; Herbert, J.; Cline, Kelly; Nellis, Ashley

doi:10.18061/1811/51129

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“…People tend to overstate the incidence of low-probability events. For instance, there is evidence showing that citizens overstate their "objective" probabilities of being victims of terrorist attacks (May et al 2011), of being victims of lowincidence crimes (Warr 2000), or of being caught in the crossfire between drug-trafficking organizations (Magaloni et al 2012). Therefore, we would expect that citizens would magnify negative events under a wide variety of conditions.…”

Section: Sociotropic Performance Evaluationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Presidential Approval and Public Security in Mexico's War on Crime

Romero¹,

Magaloni

Díaz-Cayeros

2016

Lat. Am. polit. soc.

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To fight criminal organizations effectively, governments require support from significant segments of society. Citizen support provides important leverage for executives, allowing them to continue their policies. Yet winning citizens' hearts and minds is not easy. Public security is a deeply complex issue. Responsibility is shared among different levels of government; information is highly mediated by mass media and individual acquaintances; and security has a strong effect on peoples' emotions, since it threatens to affect their most valuable assets-life and property. How do citizens translate their assessments of public security into presidential approval? To answer this question, this study develops explicit theoretical insights into the conditions under which different dimensions of public security affect presidential approval. The arguments are tested using Mexico as a case study.T his study analyzes the impact that citizens' assessments of security issues have on presidential approval. Specifically, it delves into the specific conditions that prompt citizens to punish or reward the chief executive. Little is known about the impact public security issues have on presidential approval. The bulk of the literature has focused on analyzing the impact of the economy and foreign affairs on an executive's job approval. 1 The relationship between crime and performance evaluations has usually been the domain of local politics. However, due to the significant increase in crime and violence in many countries around the globe, the responsibility for public security has partially shifted away from local governments toward the national sphere of government.

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Section: Sociotropic Performance Evaluationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Presidential Approval and Public Security in Mexico's War on Crime

Romero¹,

Magaloni

Díaz-Cayeros

2016

Lat. Am. polit. soc.

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“…Furthermore, Moscarino, Figley, and Adams (2003) found that females within their sample of New Yorkers, Hispanic and African-Americans between the ages of 45 and 64 years reported higher levels of concern about a future terrorist attack than any other demographic groups in the sample. Finally, May et al (2011) found that females were more likely to perceive themselves at risk to be victimized by a terrorist attack and to be more fearful of terrorism in general. The authors of this study attributed this finding to the gender socialization process, in which females are socialized to perceive themselves as weaker and more vulnerable to victimization.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Fear of terrorism among American citizens has received little research attention in the last 15 years (May, Herbert, Cline, & Nellis, 2011). However, the rise in both terrorist acts and threats, combined with increased media coverage and awareness of the American public, has led to an increased focus from researchers.…”

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confidence: 99%

An examination of college students’ fears about terrorism and the likelihood of a terrorist attack

Misis

Bush

Hendrix

2016

Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression

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After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, a new phenomenon, fear of terrorism, was found to affect many Americans. Almost 15 years later, with few exceptions, the US homeland has enjoyed an environment free of major terrorist attacks. However, fear of terrorism remains high among Americans. Using a sample of 524 undergraduate students from a major regional university in the Midwest region of the United States, researchers distributed a survey to investigate levels of fear of terrorism and perceptions about the likelihood of a terrorist attack happening on American soil. The findings of this study indicated that respondents were moderately fearful of terrorism and moderately certain than an attack would happen in the near future. Many of the measures previously identified in the research continue to influence fears and concerns about the risk and fear of an attack. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…According to Chan and Rigakos (2002), men and women have to face different types of crimes and therefore differ in their perception of risk and assessment of precautionary measures. Many researches Truman (2007) May, Herbert, Cline & Nellis (2011 have stated that females are more fearful of crimes relative to men although there are high rates of men being a victim of a crime than women. This disproportional high fear among women is termed by many researchers Smith & Torstensson (1997) Hale (1996 as the "gender-fear paradox".…”

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Gender Differences In The Fear Of Crime Victimization And Precautionary Behaviours

Mansoor¹,

Hasan²

2016

PJGS

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This quantitative study was conducted to explore the gender differences in the fear of crime victimization and associated precautionary behaviours. A questionnaire was designed and administered on 180 students of public and private universities in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Data analyzed in SPSS showed a significant difference in the responses of males and females where females were more worried and felt more unsafe about being a victim of a crime than males. More females observed precautionary behaviours to avoid being a victim of a crime in relation to the males. The females were fearful of crime related to use of public transport, sexual and gender based attack whereas males feared verbal abuse by strangers or acquaintances. It was discussed that females, being members of a marginalized and vulnerable group, may consider themselves as potential victims to crimes, and therefore exhibit a high fear of crime along with higher incidence of precautionary behaviour. Furthermore, in the patriarchal structure of the Pakistani society, the socio-cultural norms and traditional gender role socialization teach the boys to be dominant, risk-takers and fearless and the girls to be submissive, risk avoiding and fearful which tends to restrict the mobility and freedom of females.

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Predictors of Fear and Risk of Terrorism in a Rural State

Cited by 29 publications

References 28 publications

Presidential Approval and Public Security in Mexico's War on Crime

Presidential Approval and Public Security in Mexico's War on Crime

An examination of college students’ fears about terrorism and the likelihood of a terrorist attack

Gender Differences In The Fear Of Crime Victimization And Precautionary Behaviours

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