racial/ethnic variation in the relationship between physical limitation and fear of crime: an examination of mediating and moderating factors

Taylor, Julie; Eitle, David; Russell, David

doi:10.1080/01639620802050213

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“…Stressful or threatening neighborhood conditions may therefore cause greater psychological distress related to neighborhood features (Rodin, 1986). Older adults, particularly those who suffer mobility limitations, may be more vulnerable to neighborhood crime and report heightened fears of victimization (Taylor, Eitle, & Russell, 2009). At the same time, the neighborhood context may take on enhanced importance and meaning in everyday life as individuals' age.…”

Section: Importance Of Neighborhood Context For Older Adultsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Neighborhoods and Health in Later Life: The Intersection of Biology and Community

Cagney¹,

Cornwell²

2010

annu rev gerontol geriatr

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Increasing urbanization coupled with population aging suggests that the neighborhood context in which people grow old may shape their health, longevity, and well-being. In this chapter, we examine the neighborhood-health relationship within the context of age and aging. We summarize the literature on neighborhoods and health, lay out a set of theories that inform the study of neighborhood structural and social process factors, and suggest two promising new directions in research on neighborhoods, aging, and health: (1) study of neighborhoods and households as nested contexts and (2) the examination of biomarkers in large-scale social surveys that include a geographic component. These two pursuits illustrate the additional potential of neighborhood-based research in gerontology and geriatric research.

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Section: Importance Of Neighborhood Context For Older Adultsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Neighborhoods and Health in Later Life: The Intersection of Biology and Community

Cagney¹,

Cornwell²

2010

annu rev gerontol geriatr

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“…; Quillian and Pager ; Eitle and Taylor ; Taylor et al. ). These contextual factors have proven to be important at the neighborhood level.…”

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“…In other studies, these items were frequently used, often as part of a scale that contains more items to tap fear of crime (Ferraro ; Eitle and Taylor ; Taylor et al. ). Unfortunately, we were not able to use more items to measure fear of crime because the data only contain the two items mentioned previously.…”

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Fear of Crime and Feelings of Unsafety in European Countries: Macro and Micro Explanations in Cross-National Perspective

Visser

Scholte

Scheepers

2013

The Sociological Quarterly

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In this study, we set out to explain fear of crime and feelings of unsafety, using two waves of the European Social Survey (2006 and 2008) covering 25 European countries (N = 77,674). The results of our multilevel analyses showed varying effects of contextual‐ and individual‐level characteristics on our two outcomes. Higher crime levels in countries increase the fear of crime; however, they do not affect feelings of unsafety. Social protection expenditure proves to be an important determinant of both fear of crime and feelings of unsafety. Moreover, distrust in the police, generalized social distrust, and perceived ethnic threat induce fear of crime as well as feelings of unsafety. Finally, policy implications are discussed.

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“…Since the term first emerged in the late 1930s, widespread discourse concerning FOC emerged among professionals and academics, quickly turning FOC into an established social scientific concept (Lee, 2007). Furthermore, data indicate that increases in the rate of crime coverage may be driving the growth of FOC (Critcher, 2008;Ericson, 2007;Lee, 2007;J. Taylor, Eitle, & Russell, 2009).…”

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Scared Sick

Collins

Marrone

2015

Sage Open

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The factors that determne the health and well-being of older populations are increasingly recognized as critical public health issues. The focus of this review article is to provide evidence for the role of fear of crime in determining the mental health of older populations. The fear of crime is a complex construct, as the vast majority of fear is not related to actual rates of victimization. Here, we synthesize the literature on fear of crime and how the physical and social environment can profoundly affect mental health outcomes. The review presents some plausible physiological mechanisms by which fear of crime may directly or indirectly affect the life span development of the brain to modulate mental health in an effort to aid further development of research in this area.

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racial/ethnic variation in the relationship between physical limitation and fear of crime: an examination of mediating and moderating factors

Cited by 16 publications

References 81 publications

Neighborhoods and Health in Later Life: The Intersection of Biology and Community

Neighborhoods and Health in Later Life: The Intersection of Biology and Community

Fear of Crime and Feelings of Unsafety in European Countries: Macro and Micro Explanations in Cross-National Perspective

Scared Sick

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