Direct Victimization Experiences and Fear of Crime: A Gender Perspective

Emiliano Sironi; Leda Maria Bonazzi

doi:10.1515/peps-2016-0008

Direct Victimization Experiences and Fear of Crime: A Gender Perspective

Emiliano Sironi, Leda Maria Bonazzi

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Using data from the sixth round of the European Social Survey, we implement propensity score matching methods in order to test whether the presence of past experiences of direct victimization decreases citizens’ safety perception. Results confirm the hypothesis that victimization strongly increases the fear of crime; furthermore the effect is also gender specific: victimized women show higher decrease in safety perception than men.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	159-172
Number of pages	14
Journal	Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy
Volume	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/peps-2016-0008
Publication status	Published - 2016

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