NCJ Number
95959
Journal
Victimology Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Dated: (1984) Pages: 222-233
Date Published
1984
Length
12 pages
Annotation
The present research distinguishes conceptually between perceptions of likelihood of victimization and actual worry about crime, analyzes the level of each of these dimensions of fear of crime with survey data from 522 randomly chosen households in a major metropolitan area, and includes individual characteristics, victimization data from the past year, perceptions of likelihood of victimization, and degree of worry about victimization in a multivariated analysis.
Abstract
Results indicate that over half of the sample thought it was a least somewhat likely that they would be victimized, and on quarter worried significantly about victimization. Multiple regression revealed that recent victimization and being female contributed significantly to variation in degree of worry about crime, and the recent victimization, race, sex and health status predicted perception of likelihood of victimization. However, no other independent variable significantly contributed to degree of worry after perception of likelihood of victimization was taken into account. (Author abstract)