RT Article
T1 The Gender Safety Gap: Examining the Impact of Victimization History, Perceived Risk, and Personal Control
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 36
IS 1/2
SP 603
OP 631
A1 Logan, TK
A2 Walker, Robert
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747364703
AB Previous research has documented that, in general, women are more concerned about their personal safety and take more safety precautions than men. However, this study looks beyond gender by examining the association of three overall factors including victimization history, perceived risk of future victimization, and personal control with worry about safety, safety responses, and bystander intervention intentions for 270 men and 821 women. There were four main findings from this study including the following: (a) The two most consistently associated factors with worry about safety, safety responses, and bystander intervention intentions were higher perceived risk of violent victimization and safety efficacy; (b) recent victimization, rather than victimization history, played an important role in safety responses particularly for women; (c) different patterns of factors are associated with different safety responses demonstrating the importance of examining a wide variety of safety responses; and (d) the pattern of factors associated with worry about safety and safety responses do differ by gender but also had some important similarities. Implications for future research and prevention as well as safety planning interventions are discussed.
K1 Safety planning
K1 Fear of crime
K1 Violence Exposure
K1 Sexual Assault
K1 Domestic Violence
DO 10.1177/0886260517729405