Citation

Yuan Y, McNeeley S. Vict. Offender 2017; 12(1): 90-112.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15564886.2015.1006799

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

While research suggests that individuals' interactions with their communities--such as their social integration into the community and perceptions of collective efficacy--impact their perceived risk of victimization, only a handful of studies have examined the influence of these characteristics on crime-specific, emotional fear. Using the Seattle Neighborhoods and Crime Survey, we conduct multilevel models to examine whether social ties and collective efficacy are associated with perceived risk and emotional fear of violence and burglary. The results show that individuals' social ties to the community are negatively associated with perceived risk, but not emotional fear of violence or burglary, while perceived collective efficacy is negatively related to both cognitive and emotional fear. Moreover, the results suggest that individuals' social integration into the community functions through perceptions of collective efficacy to predict perceived risk; however, this process does not extend to emotional fear of either violence or burglary.

Language: en

Keywords

victimization; fear of crime/perceived risk; social capital; social disorganization; theories