Crime, Fear, and Mental Health in Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9681016 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Villarreal (0000-0003-1560-1717, University of Maryland, College Park, corresponding author), W H Yu (0000-0002-3074-3636, University of Maryland, College Park), Wei‐hsin Yu (University of Maryland, College Park) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 779-805 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1745-9125.12150 |
| OpenAlex | W2766019691 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 62 |
This article examines the effect of exposure to criminal violence on fear of crime and mental health in Mexico, a country that has experienced a dramatic rise in violent events resulting from the operation of drug trafficking organizations (DTOs). Data are drawn from more than 30,000 respondents to a national longitudinal survey of Mexican households. We use fixed‐effects models which allow us to control for time‐invariant individual and municipal characteristics affecting both exposure to violence and mental health. The results indicate a substantial increase in fear and psychological distress for individuals living in communities that suffered a rise in the local homicide rate even when exposure to other forms of victimization and more personal experiences with crime are taken into account. Because DTO killings occur in response to factors external to a specific neighborhood, they generate fear and psychological distress at a larger geographical scale. They also seem to create a generalized sense of insecurity, leading to increased fear of other types of crimes. We examine the effect of large surges in homicide and the presence of military and paramilitary groups combatting DTOs as these conditions may approximate those in conflict zones elsewhere in the world. We also explore differences in the relative sensitivity to homicide rates between sociodemographic groups
Criminology · Demographic economics · Distress · Economics · Environmental health · Fear of crime · Homicide · Mental health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychological distress · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
Sentimiento de inseguridad ante la delincuencia en estudiantes de secundaria
Contextualizing crime as an environmental stressor on mental health in urban communities - A scoping review
Local violence and transitions to marriage and cohabitation in Mexico
Community Violence and the Stability of Marriages and Cohabitations in Mexico
Exposure to Violence and Migration from Mexico to the United States
Safety perceptions among African migrants in Guangzhou and Foshan, China
Fear of Violent Crime and Emigration Intentions in the Northern Triangle
Screening for Depressive Mood During Acute Chikungunya Infection in Primary Healthcare Settings
Residents’ Location-Based Fear of Theft and Their Impact Factors in Guangzhou, China
The impact of neighbourhood crime on mental health
Local Homicide and Children’s Cognitive Performance
Changes in Fertility Trends and Women’s Fertility Desires in the Wake of the Homicide Surge in Mexico
Imbalanced Sex Ratios and Violent Victimization in Mexico
The Consequences of Community Violence for Contraceptive Use and Provision in Mexico
Gang Activity in the Neighborhood
Extreme Violence and Weight-Related Outcomes in Mexican Adults
Armed Conflict and Unwanted Births in Colombia
Early-Life Exposures and Social Stratification
Violence Here and Violence There
Armed conflict and birthweight
Milestone Moments
Mexico's Armed Vigilante Movements (2012-2015)
Fear of crime
The psychosocial aspects of children exposed to war
Vulnerability
Revisiting Risk Sensitivity in the Fear of Crime
Mental health needs of crime victims
Common mental disorders in postconflict settings
Mental health in complex emergencies
Are Older People Most Afraid of Crime? Reconsidering Age Differences in Fear of Victimization
Fear of victimization and health
Disorder and Decay
Testing Alternative Models of Fear of Crime
A psychological perspective on vulnerability in the fear of crime
Parenthood and Psychological Well-Being
Crime, fear of crime, environment, and mental health and wellbeing
Fear of Crime
The fear of crime and area differences in health
The influence of concern about crime on levels of psychological distress in the former Soviet Union
Ecological assessments of community disorder
Neighborhood Disorder, Fear, and Mistrust
Association Between Fear of Crime and Mental Health and Physical Functioning
Fear of crime and criminal victimization
Women, Crime, and Fear
Assessing Age and Gender Differences in Perceived Risk and Fear of Crime
Public Health and Fear of Crime
The Relationship Between Likelihood and Fear of Criminal Victimization
Fear of Crime', Vulnerability and Poverty
Trauma, War, and Violence
Understanding Mexico’s Drug Violence
Availability
Los Zetas
War exposure, daily stressors, and mental health in conflict and post-conflict settings
Prenatal Exposure to Violence and Birth Weight in Mexico
Fear of crime, mobility and mental health in inner-city London, UK
The importance of social context
Powerlessness and the Amplification of Threat
Political Competition and Violence in Mexico
Neighborhood Disadvantage, Disorder, and Health
Age and the Effect of Economic Hardship on Depression
Neighborhood Disadvantage and Adult Depression
Fear of Victimization
The Neighborhood Context of Adolescent Mental Health
Stressful Neighborhoods and Depression
Fear of Rape among Urban Women
Union Type and Depressive Symptoms Among Mexican Adults
Exposure to Local Homicides and Early Educational Achievement in Mexico
Community Disorder, Victimization Exposure, and Mental Health in a National Sample of Youth
Neighborhood Disorder, Subjective Alienation, and Distress
Neighborhood Disorder, Psychophysiological Distress, and Health
Marital Transitions and Mental Health
Partnership Transitions and Mental Distress
Fear of Crime in Urban Residential Neighborhoods
The Social Ecology of Rural Violence
Rethinking Social Reactions to Crime
Seeing their surroundings
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |