RT Article
T1 Within-individual change in social support, perceived collective efficacy, perceived disorder and fear of crime: results from a two-wave panel study
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 58
IS 5
SP 1254
OP 1270
A1 Hardyns, Wim
A2 Pauwels, Lieven 1974-
A2 Heylen, Ben
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1580225438
AB In this study, we untangle the relationships between fear of crime (perceived risk of victimization) and perceptions of, respectively, social support, collective efficacy and perceived disorder. We use a two-wave panel study with 356 respondents. Results show that prior perceptions of disorder have a positive effect on later levels of perceived risk of victimization, lending support to the hypothesis that fear of crime is, in part, determined by perceived disorder. Levels of social support negatively affected later levels of perceived risk of victimization. Neither perceived informal social control nor perceived social trust had any effect on later levels of perceived risk of victimization. Strengths, weaknesses and suggestions for further research are discussed.
K1 Fear of crime
K1 Longitudinal design
K1 Perceived collective efficacy
K1 Social support
K1 Perceived disorder
DO 10.1093/bjc/az y002