The relationship between fear of crime and risk perception across Europe

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1748895818757832" target="_blank" >https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1748895818757832</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1748895818757832" target="_blank" >10.1177/1748895818757832</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The relationship between fear of crime and risk perception across Europe
Original language description
Cross-national comparisons of fear of crime have been gaining in popularity within the academic community, as they allow for the examination of both individual and country-level correlates of this phenomenon. Nevertheless, the role of perceived victimization risk in fostering fear of crime with respect to various country specifics is often neglected. Drawing on data from the European Social Survey Round 5 (ESS R5), the aim of this study is to explore the relationship between fear of crime and risk perception in the context of 23 European countries. Risk perception is positively correlated with fear of crime in all of the analysed countries, although the strength of the relationship differs. Contrary to expectations, countries with a higher victimization rate exhibit a weaker relationship between fear of crime and risk perception, while in countries with a lower victimization rate, risk perception plays a relatively important role in shaping fear of crime. No effect of unemployment rate, size of migrant population or income inequality was found in the data.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology

Project
<a href="/en/project/LM2015066" target="_blank" >LM2015066: Český národní uzel ESS (European Social Survey)</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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