Women's Fear of Crime in Canadian Public Housing
Women's Fear of Crime in Canadian Public Housing
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女性对加拿大公共住房犯罪的恐惧
DOI：
10.1177/10778010122182640
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发表时间：
2001
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通讯作者：
Michael O. Maume
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作者：
Shahid Alvi;M. Schwartz;Walter S. DeKeseredy;Michael O. Maume
女性比男性更害怕犯罪这一说法经常被认为是非理性的或自相矛盾的，但这篇文章加入了那些认为恐惧的性别本质是有充分根据的人的行列。作者调查了各种因素在多大程度上预测了女性对人身安全的看法，包括先前的受害经历、对邻里混乱的看法、日常活动和邻里满意度。调查和半结构化访谈数据来自安大略省东部6个城市公共住宅小区的219名妇女。混乱和邻里满意度对不安全感的感知有中等强烈的影响，而先前的受害是一个可以忽略不计的因素。一个结论是，改善服务（例如，清除垃圾、涂鸦、被破坏的物品）可能会减少恐惧，就像减少犯罪一样。
That women have a greater fear of crime than men has often been termed irrational or paradoxical, but this article joins those who argue that the gendered nature of fear is well grounded. The authors investigate the extent to which various factors—including prior victimization, perceptions of neighborhood disorder, routine activities, and neighborhood satisfaction—predict women's perceptions of personal safety. Survey and semistructured interview data were collected from 219 women living in six urban public housing estates in eastern Ontario. Both disorder and neighborhood satisfaction have a moderately strong impact on perceptions of insecurity, whereas prior victimization is a negligible factor. One conclusion is that improving services (e.g., removing garbage, graffiti, vandalized items) may reduce fear as much as reducing crime.