Black-White Differences in Perceptions of Fear of Crime
- 1 August 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Social Psychology
- Vol. 128 (4), 487-494
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1988.9713768
Abstract
The combined effects of race and social factors on fear of crime were investigated. The sample consisted of 1,835 black and white residents of Mississippi, 15 years old or older. The results indicated that (a) for the pooled sample, race, age, and marital status had significant effects on fear of crime, and (b) with the exception of age, the variables had significantly different effects on fear of crime among black and white respondents.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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