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dc.contributor.authorAmbrey, Christopher L
dc.contributor.authorFleming, Christopher M
dc.contributor.authorManning, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-30T12:31:41Z
dc.date.available2017-06-30T12:31:41Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.modified2014-06-03T02:53:50Z
dc.identifier.issn0303-8300
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11205-013-0521-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/59765
dc.description.abstractPublic perceptions of crime and victimisation can influence an individual's subjective well-being. Research into the impact of the fear of crime and victimisation on subjective well-being, however, has been limited; particularly with respect to the relative contributions of real versus perceived crime towards an individual's self-reported life satisfaction. Improving our understanding of the relationship between crime and well-being is important, as public resources assigned to reducing or controlling crime could be assigned to addressing other social concerns. This paper extends the literature by exploring the contribution of real and perceived crime in an individual's local area to their self-reported life satisfaction. Our results indicate that: (1) individuals' perceptions of crime in their local area are far greater than actual levels of crime; (2) the gap between perceived and real crime is widening as real crime rates fall faster than the perceived rate of crime; (3) real crime rates detract more from an individual's self-reported life satisfaction than perceived rates of crime; however, (4) perceived rates of crime have an adverse impact on life satisfaction beyond those associated with real crime; and (5) there is significant heterogeneity in the life satisfaction effects of real and perceived crime among groups of individuals. These results, together with empirical evidence highlighting successful strategies for moderating perceptions of crime, facilitate the development of more informed public policy that will improve individual life satisfaction and, ultimately, community well-being.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom877
dc.relation.ispartofpageto896
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSocial Indicators Research
dc.relation.ispartofvolume119
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCauses and prevention of crime
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3801
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4410
dc.titlePerception or Reality, What Matters Most When it Comes to Crime in Your Neighbourhood?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorFleming, Christopher


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