@article{ref1,
title="A content analysis of personal safety apps: are they keeping us safe or making us more vulnerable?",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2019",
author="Maxwell, L. and Sanders, A. and Skues, J. and Wise, L.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1077801219832124-1077801219832124",
abstract="Despite personal safety apps claiming to increase safety, few studies have examined the usefulness of such apps in reducing public stranger violence. A content analysis of personal safety apps available in the iTunes store and Google Play identified location-based services, personal alarms, crowd-sourced hot spot data, and geofencing as the most common features. The majority of apps offered interventions either at the time of the event or post-event, suggesting that they may reduce a user's fear of crime but have limited usefulness in reducing vulnerability to victimization. Implications for users, app designers, and key stakeholders are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801219832124",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801219832124"
}