| dc.description.abstract | the main objective of this thesis was to examine the
indicators of fear of victimization by incorporating the
variables age, gender, living arrangement and security
precautions into warr and stafford’s (1983) conceptual model
of fear (that high levels of perceived risk and perceived
seriousness are associated with a high level of fear of
victimization for a particular offense) and then testing the
explanatory power of this revised model. a probability
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and retirees was drawn
using a multi-stage sampling technique and the data
indicated that the independent variables explained 41.6
percent of the variation in fear for the combined 16
offenses, with perceived risk, perceived seriousness and
gender emerging as the only statistically significant
indicators of fear. thus, fearful persons tended to be
females who perceived victimization to be both likely to
occur and serious in its consequences.
contrary to the bulk of fear of crime research,
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in general were found to be more fearful than
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in particular were found be to
more fearful than female retirees, male retirees and male
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. these findings suggest that fear of victimization
is a phenomenon that is not reserved for the elderly alone
and, thus, future research should focus upon the
victimization fears of all gender/age categories. | |
