Crime preventions in daily life : A newly developed scale for crime prevention strategies and effects on their preventive education

本研究旨在调查日本高中生和大学生对犯罪风险的感知及其预防策略。确定了六类预防犯罪战略：警惕、避开危险区域、风险管理、避开危险路线、自我监测和避免夜间外出。结果表明，妇女有更高的感知风险和更高水平的回避相关的战略比男性。此外，本研究亦探讨这些犯罪预防策略与身体、心理社会因素的关系。并进行了预防犯罪蜂鸣器对预防犯罪策略影响的干预实验。最后，讨论了预防青少年犯罪的特点。

This study was undertaken to investigate Japanese high school and university students' perceived risks and their crime prevention strategies. Crime prevention strategies of six types were identified : vigilance, avoiding dangerous areas, risk management, avoiding dangerous routes, self-monitoring, and avoiding going out at night. Results indicate that women have higher perceived risks and higher levels of avoidance-related strategies than men have. In addition, this study also investigated the relationship between these crime prevention strategies and physical, psychosocial factors. And this study conducted intervention experiments about the effects of crime prevention buzzer on crime prevention strategies. Finally, characteristics of crime prevention in youth were discussed.