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dc.contributor.authorHodgkinson, Tarah
dc.contributor.authorLunney, Kate
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-16T04:35:56Z
dc.date.available2021-07-16T04:35:56Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn2633-8076
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0004865821999082
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/406059
dc.description.abstractAlthough fear of crime is well-researched in urban domains, the predictors of fear of crime in non-urban contexts are less established. Using a sample of 559 people, this study aims to address this gap by evaluating the role of individual and ecological-level predictors on fear of crime in a small Canadian municipality. Key findings of this study include support for the influence of social cohesion, informal social control and social and physical disorder on fear in a small municipality. However, no clear relationship is found between gender and fear of crime. Additionally, nuanced relationships between social predictors and fear emerge that may be uniquely explained by non-metropolitan context. The findings have implications for the use of urban-based criminological theories of fear and for the use of crime prevention and fear reduction strategies in non-metropolitan contexts.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom109
dc.relation.ispartofpageto125
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Criminology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume54
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4410
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsCanada
dc.subject.keywordsfear of crime
dc.subject.keywordsgender
dc.subject.keywordsPenology
dc.titleAcross the wide prairie: Exploring fear of crime in a small Canadian municipality
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHodgkinson, T; Lunney, K, Across the wide prairie: Exploring fear of crime in a small Canadian municipality, Journal of Criminology, 2021, 54 (2), pp. 109-125
dc.date.updated2021-07-15T11:51:07Z
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gro.griffith.authorHodgkinson, Tarah


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