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Perceived Community Disorder Moderates the Relation between Victimization and Fear of Crime
- Source :
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Journal of Community Psychology . Sep 2011 39(7):884-888. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- In a representative sample of the Italian population (N=2,002), surveyed in January 2008, we studied the direct and interactive effects exerted on fear of crime by direct and indirect victimization, on the one hand, and perceived level of disorder of participants' community, on the other hand. Indirect victimization fostered fear of crime among participants reporting high levels of social disorder in their community. However, direct and indirect victimization did not influence fear of crime among participants reporting not living in a disordered community. Implications and limitations of this work and possible further research directions are discussed. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0090-4392
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Journal of Community Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ940739
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.20470