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- Russo, Silvia, 1982-, et al.
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Predicting perceived risk of crime : a multilevel study
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Ingår i: American Journal of Community Psychology. - : Wiley. - 0091-0562 .- 1573-2770. ; 48:3-4, s. 384-394
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- With a sample of Italians selected from 71 Italian counties (N = 1,868), we performed two multilevel analyses aimed at predicting the perceived risk of crime at local (i. e., in the participants' county of residence) and at societal (i. e., in the context of Italian society) levels. A significant proportion of the variation in local risk perception was at the county level. The following individual variables predicted higher levels of this variable: indirect victimization, the perception of social and physical disorder, being a woman, being poorly educated, and being an older person. Among the ecological predictors, the crime rate and unemployment rate predicted higher levels of local crime risk perception, while the immigrant rate did not. Perceived risk of crime at the societal level did not show significant variation at the county level. Education, being a man, trusting people, and adhesion to post-materialistic values predicted lower levels of societal crime risk perception, while number of sons/daughters and exposure to television news increased it. The limitations and possible development of this study are discussed.
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- Vieno, Alessio, et al.
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Social Capital and Fear of Crime in Adolescence : A Multilevel Study
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Ingår i: American Journal of Community Psychology. - : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0091-0562 .- 1573-2770. ; 58:1-2, s. 100-110
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Hierarchical linear modeling was used to examine the relationships between social capital (at the individual, the neighborhood, and the regional levels) and adolescents' fear of crime, while controlling for the main individual (sociodemographics, television viewing, and bullying victimization), neighborhood (neighborhood size and aggregated victimization), and regional (crime rate and level of urbanization) variables. Data were analyzed using a three-level model based on 22,639 15.7-year-old (SD = 0.67) students nested within 1081 neighborhoods and 19 Italian regions. The findings revealed that individual and contextual measures of social capital, modeled at the individual, neighborhood, and regional levels simultaneously, showed negative associations with adolescents' fear of crime. Males and participants with higher family affluence were less likely to feel fear of crime, whereas victimization, both at the individual and neighborhood levels, had a positive association with fear of crime. Strengths, limitations, and potential applications of the study are discussed.
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