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Fear of crime and elderly people
— key factors that determine fear of crime among elderly people in West Flanders | | Author(s) | Liesbeth De Donder, Dominique Verté, Els Messelis |
| Journal title | Ageing International, vol 30, no 4, Fall 2005 |
| Pages | pp 363-376 |
| Source | http://www.transactionpub.com |
| Keywords | Crime ; Anxiety ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; Belgium. |
| Annotation | Determinants of the fear of crime are analysed using data from interviews with 4747 men and women aged 60-103 in West Flanders, Belgium. The impact on the level of fear of crime was assessed using ten key factors, analysis of which yielded three conclusions. First, demographic variables such as gender, physical vulnerability and income correlate with fear of crime: women feel less safe than men; and physical vulnerability and a low income increase fear of crime. Second, neighbourhood variables play an important role in the genesis of fear of crime. Older people who feel that they live in a neighbourhood that is adapted to them and who show more neighbourhood involvement feel safer than older people who do not. Loneliness and lack of participation in both social and cultural life show a strong relationship with fear of crime. Third, it is argued that watching television correlates with an increased fear of crime, while reading a daily newspaper decreases fear of it. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070503242 A |
| Classmark | TWA: ENP: DP: 3F: 76E |
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