Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
University of Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2024 Apr;68(5):540-565. doi: 10.1177/0306624X211066829. Epub 2021 Dec 21.
Past research has failed to find consistent relationships between criminal victimization and fear of crime. Except for neighborhood disorder and crime rate, few studies have examined whether other neighborhood conditions matter the victimization-fear relationship. Using survey data in Guangzhou neighborhoods, the present analysis employs multinomial logistic regression models to examine whether neighborhood characteristics moderate the relationship between violent victimization and fear of violence, and between burglary victimization and fear of burglary, separately. Some aspects of the neighborhood environment do differentially influence victims' and non-victims' fear levels. Besides verifying the interaction effect of neighborhood disorder and victimization, the present study finds that neighborhood policing alleviates the harmful effect of violent victimization on fear, while collective efficacy fosters the harmful effect of burglary victimization on fear. This paper underscores the significance of the social context of urban China in explaining the interplay of neighborhood characteristics and victimization on fear of crime.
过去的研究未能发现犯罪受害与对犯罪的恐惧之间存在一致的关系。除了邻里混乱和犯罪率外，很少有研究探讨其他邻里条件是否会影响受害-恐惧关系。本研究利用广州市社区的调查数据，采用多项逻辑回归模型分别检验了邻里特征是否调节了暴力受害与对暴力的恐惧之间的关系，以及盗窃受害与对盗窃的恐惧之间的关系。邻里环境的某些方面会对受害者和非受害者的恐惧程度产生不同的影响。除了验证邻里混乱和受害之间的交互效应外，本研究还发现邻里警务减轻了暴力受害对恐惧的有害影响，而集体效能则加剧了盗窃受害对恐惧的有害影响。本文强调了中国城市社会背景在解释邻里特征和受害对犯罪恐惧的相互作用方面的重要性。
