RT Article
T1 Fear of crime in the sanctuary: comparing American and Ghanaian university students’ fearfulness
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 62
IS 3
SP 827
OP 848
A1 Boateng, Francis D.
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1587309130
AB While much is known about fear of crime in the West, little is known about how fearfulness of crime develops in non-Western societies, especially among university students. Representing the first attempt to empirically compare levels of fear of crime between Ghanaian and U.S. college students, this article examined students’ levels of fear of crime on campus, and tested the applicability of two evolving models of fear of crime—the vulnerability and reassurance models—using comparative data. The general finding is that Ghanaian and U.S. college students differ in terms of their rates of fearfulness on campus. This significant difference adds to the already existing differences between the two countries.
K1 Fear of crime
K1 Ghana
K1 USA
K1 College campus
K1 Reassurance
K1 Vulnerability
K1 Kriminalitätsfurcht
K1 Vergleich
K1 Vulnerabilität
DO 10.1177/0306624X17707953