@article{ref1,
title=""Criminals are inside of our homes": intimate partner violence and fear of crime",
journal="Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice",
year="2014",
author="Broll, Ryan",
volume="56",
number="1",
pages="1-21",
abstract="Based on findings that suggest women are more afraid of crime than men despite their overall lower rates of victimization, some scholars have suggested that personal experience plays, at best, a limited role in our feelings of personal safety. Feminist scholars have countered by arguing that many women are abused by their male intimate partners, yet this type of victimization is rarely considered in studies measuring fear of crime. Women's greater levels of fear, they argue, are therefore justified. This study draws on a nationally representative sample of Canadian women age 15 years or more to examine the relationship between intimate partner violence and fear of crime. The results of regression and cross-tabular analyses lend support to the feminist perspective, finding that physical and emotional abuse and severe physical abuse committed by male intimates generally increases women's fear of crime. The results demonstrate the importance of considering partner violence when studying women's fear of crime so as to not misrepresent women's fear as being &quot;unrealistic.&quot;<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1707-7753",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}