Maxwell L, Sanders A, Skues J, Wise L
Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.
Violence Against Women. 2020 Feb;26(2):233-248. doi: 10.1177/1077801219832124. Epub 2019 Mar 11.
Despite personal safety apps claiming to increase safety, few studies have examined the usefulness of such apps in reducing public stranger violence. A content analysis of personal safety apps available in the iTunes store and Google Play identified location-based services, personal alarms, crowd-sourced hot spot data, and geofencing as the most common features. The majority of apps offered interventions either at the time of the event or post-event, suggesting that they may reduce a user's fear of crime but have limited usefulness in reducing vulnerability to victimization. Implications for users, app designers, and key stakeholders are discussed.
尽管个人安全应用程序声称能提高安全性，但很少有研究考察此类应用程序在减少公共场合陌生人暴力方面的效用。对iTunes商店和谷歌Play上可用的个人安全应用程序进行的内容分析表明，基于位置的服务、个人警报、众包热点数据和地理围栏是最常见的功能。大多数应用程序在事件发生时或事件发生后提供干预措施，这表明它们可能会减轻用户对犯罪的恐惧，但在降低遭受侵害的易感性方面效用有限。文中还讨论了对用户、应用程序设计者和主要利益相关者的启示。
