The geography of crime fear: A pilot study exploring event-based perceptions of risk using mobile technology |
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| Institution: | 1. Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD, Australia;2. Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, Mt Gravatt, QLD, Australia;1. College of Criminal Justice, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China;2. State Key Lab of Information Engineering in Surveying Mapping and Remote Sensing & Key Lab of Aerospace Information Security and Trusted Computing of the Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China;3. Department of Geography, Kent State University, Kent, USA;4. Department of Geography and Geology, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, USA;1. Department of Geography, University of Campinas and Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies, Simon Fraser University, 51 João Pandiá Calógeras st., Campinas, SP 13083-870, Brazil;2. Department of Geography, University of Campinas, 51 João Pandiá Calógeras st., Campinas, SP 13083-870, Brazil;3. School of Criminology, Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada |
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| Abstract: | The current pilot study explores whether mobile technology can be leveraged in survey research to gather meaningful context-dependent data on fear of crime and risk perception formation. A series of Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMAs) were administered to students enrolled at an Australian University (N = 20), using a smartphone application. Analysis of data collected from participants in their everyday activity spaces a) show strong internal consistency among multiple measures of crime fear; b) indicate that perceptual measures of social cohesion are significant predictors of victimisation worry; and c) support most hypothesised associations between concepts contained in contemporary models of crime fear. Unfortunately, some aspects of the pilot study design could not be implemented as planned, which have implications for future research. Specifically, we found that triggering participant's surveys based on their location (rather than time), produced data that was not conducive to robust place-based analysis. In spite of this limitation, we offer alternative means of measuring the effects of place on fear of crime using mobile devices. |
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| Keywords: | Fear of crime Reliability Measurement Place-based perceptions |
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