The Effect of Fear of Sexual Victimization on Adolescent Fear of Crime

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2154459
AutoresDavid C May (0000-0001-8275-6773, autor de correspondencia)
Año2001
Volumen21
Número2
Páginas141-174
Fecha de publicación2001-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociological Spectrum (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0273-2173 • E-ISSN: 1521-0707
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/027321701300035484
OpenAlexW4236903491
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas57

The author examines the effect of fear of sexual victimization on fear of crime among adolescents. Criminologists have indicated that gender is one of the strongest predictors of fear of crime: Women are more fearful than men. Some authors (Warr 1984, and Ferraro 1995, among others) have suggested that this differential fear among women can mostly be attributed to their inordinate fear of sexual victimization. This relationship, however, has only been examined among adults. Using a sample of 725 adolescents, the effect of fear of sexual victimization and other demographic and contextual variables on fear of criminal victimization is examined. Results indicate that fear of sexual victimization is the best predictor of fear of nonsexual victimization, whereas the effects of other variables are contingent on race and gender. The reasons for this finding, as well as the implications for social policies, are discussed

Developmental psychology · Fear of crime · Clinical Psychology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology