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的知觉风险及其犯罪预防策略。确定了六种类型的犯罪预防策略：警惕、避免危险区域、风险管理、避免危险路线、自我监控和避免夜间外出。结果表明，女性比男性有更高的感知风险和更高的回避相关策略水平。此外，本研究还探讨了这些犯罪预防策略与生理、心理社会因素的关系。本研究对犯罪预防蜂鸣器对犯罪预防策略的影响进行了干预实验。最后，探讨了青少年犯罪预防的特点。

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.