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Citation

Hanson RF, Smith DW, Kilpatrick DG, Freedy JR. J. Community Psychol. 2000; 28(6): 607-623.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, John Wiley and Sons)

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Abstract

The purpose of this research was to assess demographic differences in exposure to traumatic events and fear of crime. This is part of a larger project that assessed the impact of the 1992 Los Angeles civil disturbances on psychological functioning. Random digit dialing methods were used to obtain an adult household probability sample (age 18 or older) representative of the targeted region (Los Angeles County). A total of 1200 individuals completed a 40-minute comprehensive telephone interview Four hundred interviews were sampled from South Central (the area most heavily affected by the rioting), and 800 were sampled from the remainder of L.A. County. A series of chi-square analyses indicated that there were differences in (a) prevalence of lifetime and past year victimization, (b) perception of neighborhood problems, (c) exposure to the disturbances, and (d) fear of crime as a function of demographic characteristics (i.e., gender, race, ethnicity, community). A hierarchical multiple regression was conducted using demographic variables, victimization and exposure to the disturbances to predict fear of crime Results indicated that demographic variables were significantly predictive of crime fear; but that report of neighborhood problems was the strongest predictor. Additionally, exposure to the disturbances remained a significant predictor of crime fear after controlling for the effects of victimization demographics, and neighborhood problems. Results suggest that while diverse community race, ethnicity and gender variables contribute to differences in crime fear neighborhood problems may be the most important predictor across all groups of subjects.

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