Mine Özaşçılar
Biographic Data
| ID | 115262 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mine Özaşçılar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mine |
| FAMILY NAME | Özaşçılar |
| SIGNATURE | ÖZAŞÇILAR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bahçeşehir University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9115-3816 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Safety in an unsafe world
This paper draws on 380 face-to-face interviews with Syrian refugees living in Istanbul. It considers their perceptions of risk and safety in Istanbul. It does so by drawing on the criminological literature on fear of crime to relate the lived experiences of refugees to their perceptions of security in an unsafe world, namely the problems they have experienced on their journey to Istanbul; the extent to which they are well established in Türkiye;…
Examining cybercrime victimisation among Turkish women using routine activity theory
Explaining fear of crime among university students
Past studies have highlighted the importance of studying the fear of crime among international students. Interestingly, though, most of this research has been in developed societies and has not directly compared international and indigenous/national students. To fill this gap, the current study aims to examine the determinants of fear of crime among domestic and international students in Turkey. Drawing upon a survey of 377 international students…
Gender differences in rational decisions on shoplifting
Understanding and Measuring the Social Inclusion of Syrian Refugees in Istanbul
Based on survey data collected during 2016–2017 from 380 Syrians in Zeytinburnu, an inner-city district of Istanbul, Turkey, this article uses multidimensional scaling to measure their social inclusion. The study shows how the level of social inclusion, treated as a dependent variable, changes with the refugees’ age, gender, education level, length of stay in Zeytinburnu, and health conditions. The sampled Syrians had high social inclusion index …
Representation of Syrian Women and Children Refugees’ Health in Turkish Daily Newspapers
Perceptions of safety confronted by experience
This paper compares the perceptions of risk and safety of those arriving on a visit to Istanbul with a similar sample of those returning from their trip. While the two samples are of different individuals, the research does provide a proxy measure of change, or lack of it, in the light of personal experience. In this sense, it offers an advantage over traditional crime surveys that present a snapshot of perceptions at one point in time. The findi…
Predicting fear of crime
Criminologists have indicated that gender is one of the strongest predictors of fear of crime. The leading explanation for gender differences in fear of crime levels is the shadow of sexual assault hypothesis, claiming that women’s fear of sexual assault is one of the most salient factors influencing their fear of other crimes. Using a sample of 1,051 university students, this study examines the predictors of fear of crime in Sweden by testing th…
Predicting fear of crime
Criminologists have indicated that gender is one of the strongest predictors of fear of crime. The leading explanation for gender differences in fear of crime levels is the shadow of sexual assault hypothesis, claiming that women’s fear of sexual assault is one of the most salient factors influencing their fear of other crimes. Using a sample of 1,051 university students, this study examines the predictors of fear of crime in Sweden by testing th…
Understanding and Measuring the Social Inclusion of Syrian Refugees in Istanbul
Based on survey data collected during 2016–2017 from 380 Syrians in Zeytinburnu, an inner-city district of Istanbul, Turkey, this article uses multidimensional scaling to measure their social inclusion. The study shows how the level of social inclusion, treated as a dependent variable, changes with the refugees’ age, gender, education level, length of stay in Zeytinburnu, and health conditions. The sampled Syrians had high social inclusion index …
Perceptions of safety confronted by experience
This paper compares the perceptions of risk and safety of those arriving on a visit to Istanbul with a similar sample of those returning from their trip. While the two samples are of different individuals, the research does provide a proxy measure of change, or lack of it, in the light of personal experience. In this sense, it offers an advantage over traditional crime surveys that present a snapshot of perceptions at one point in time. The findi…
Gender differences in rational decisions on shoplifting
Predicting fear of crime
Criminologists have indicated that gender is one of the strongest predictors of fear of crime. The leading explanation for gender differences in fear of crime levels is the shadow of sexual assault hypothesis, claiming that women’s fear of sexual assault is one of the most salient factors influencing their fear of other crimes. Using a sample of 1,051 university students, this study examines the predictors of fear of crime in Sweden by testing th…
Representation of Syrian Women and Children Refugees’ Health in Turkish Daily Newspapers
Perceptions of safety confronted by experience
This paper compares the perceptions of risk and safety of those arriving on a visit to Istanbul with a similar sample of those returning from their trip. While the two samples are of different individuals, the research does provide a proxy measure of change, or lack of it, in the light of personal experience. In this sense, it offers an advantage over traditional crime surveys that present a snapshot of perceptions at one point in time. The findi…
Understanding and Measuring the Social Inclusion of Syrian Refugees in Istanbul
Based on survey data collected during 2016–2017 from 380 Syrians in Zeytinburnu, an inner-city district of Istanbul, Turkey, this article uses multidimensional scaling to measure their social inclusion. The study shows how the level of social inclusion, treated as a dependent variable, changes with the refugees’ age, gender, education level, length of stay in Zeytinburnu, and health conditions. The sampled Syrians had high social inclusion index …
Gender differences in rational decisions on shoplifting
Explaining fear of crime among university students
Past studies have highlighted the importance of studying the fear of crime among international students. Interestingly, though, most of this research has been in developed societies and has not directly compared international and indigenous/national students. To fill this gap, the current study aims to examine the determinants of fear of crime among domestic and international students in Turkey. Drawing upon a survey of 377 international students…
Examining cybercrime victimisation among Turkish women using routine activity theory
Safety in an unsafe world
This paper draws on 380 face-to-face interviews with Syrian refugees living in Istanbul. It considers their perceptions of risk and safety in Istanbul. It does so by drawing on the criminological literature on fear of crime to relate the lived experiences of refugees to their perceptions of security in an unsafe world, namely the problems they have experienced on their journey to Istanbul; the extent to which they are well established in Türkiye;…
Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Fear of crime (4 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (4 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (4 works) · Poison control (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works)