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Gendered Fear of Crime Socialization

An Extension of Akers’s Social Learning Theory

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ID12809554
AuthorsNicole E Rader (0000-0003-3217-3531, Mississippi State University, corresponding author), Stacy H Haynes (0000-0002-1408-9291, Mississippi State University)
Year2011
Volume6
Issue4
Pages291-307
Publication date2011-06-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFeminist Criminology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1557-0851 • E-ISSN: 1557-086X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1557085111408278
OpenAlexW2001294349
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited54

This article examines constructs of a theoretical model that explains the social learning process responsible for individuals’ fear of crime levels and how this socialization process differs for men and women. Specifically, the authors apply the original principles of Akers’s social learning theory (i.e., differential association, definitions, differential reinforcement, and imitation) to the gendered fear of crime socialization process. The authors argue that fear of crime socialization and gender socialization become a fused concept called “gendered fear of crime socialization” that leads individuals to establish associations, definitions, reinforcement, and imitation of gendered fear of crime

Criminology · Cultural Criminology · Differential association · Fear of crime · Imitation · Social learning · Social learning theory · Socialization · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year2,08
Citation span2014 - 2026 (13)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 25

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