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The focus of the present analysis is on the perceived security of citizens from the different European countries. We examined the association between the subjective perceived security and the objective indicators of criminality in different European countries. The subjective perceived security was investigated in three domains – the perceived fear of dark abandoned places, the fear of being a victim...
Cultivation theory proposed that fear of crime is caused by heavy exposure to mass media. Presented study explores related hypothesis that fear of crime is product of media consumption. To test this and competing hypothesis, we analysed the results of European social survey data Round 5. The results indicate small additional value of media consumption variables to the increased fear of crime.
This paper focuses on the perceived safety and gender differences in different countries. We analysed data from the 5th round of the European Social Survey. The sample consists of 52 437 respondents from 27 participating countries. The results indicate that in all countries, women have lower rates of perceived safety than men. Individual countries differ in size differences in the perceived safety...
The studies from recent years focused on perceived safety repeatedly showed, that women are more afraid. In our study we analysed the data from European Social Survey. In our analysis we chose only women and specifically two groups – mothers living with partner and living without partner. The comparisons showed that in general mothers living with partner are less worried than mothers living without...
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