RT Article
T1 Understanding the Fear of Crime and Perceived Risk Across Immigrant Generations: Does the Quality of Social Ties Matter?
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 70
IS 3
SP 812
OP 843
A1 Yuan, Yue
A2 McNeeley, Susan M.
A2 Melde, Chris
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1882524594
AB The current study examines the relationships between immigration, social ties, and perceptions of safety. We estimated immigrant generation by race/ethnicity interactions to uncover unique patterns across subpopulations of immigrants while controlling for important neighborhood contextual factors. Immigrant generation was negatively associated with feelings of fear. First-generation Asian immigrants reported the greatest level of fear in the sample. High-quality social ties were negatively associated with fear of crime, while the number of social ties was unrelated to fear. Results suggest first-generation immigrants are in a precarious position in society with respect to feeling safe in their neighborhoods. Local officials should seek ways to provide accurate messaging on the threat of victimization in immigrant communities.
K1 Fear of crime
K1 Immigration
K1 Perceived risk
K1 Social ties
DO 10.1177/00111287221113306