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Be Afraid . . . Be Very Afraid: Factors Influencing the Fear of Victimization

Hartman, Callie C.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1321992256

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2011, Master of Science in Criminal Justice, Youngstown State University, Department of Criminal Justice and Consumer Sciences.
The media often portrays an inner city overcome with violence. This research investigates whether citizens are emotionally responsive to this attention, as well as the self protective measures they utilize based on where they reside. Because the press devotes so much of its media coverage to violence, the main hypothesis to be tested here is that the more one is exposed to the media, the more they will be fearful of crime. The demographic variables included in this survey will be as follows: age, gender, race, average household income, and level of education. The predictor variable is the amount of media consumed, with the dependent variable being one’s level of fear of violent victimization. Conclusions were drawn from data obtained from students attending a midsized urban university (N=134) in the Midwest in order to see what impact the media has on fear. The hypothesis that high media exposure would increase levels of fear and increase precautionary measure was unsupported. However, support was found for the hypothesis that respondents who were themselves a crime victim or knew the victim of a crime are more aware of the threat of victimization. Future researchers may want to operationalize media by other means such as specifying source of media and if this influences fear of crime.
Christopher Bellas, PhD (Advisor)
John Hazy, PhD (Committee Member)
Susan Clutter, MFS (Committee Member)
49 p.
Criminology
fear of crime; victimization; media violence; victimology

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  • Hartman, C. C. (2011). Be Afraid . . . Be Very Afraid: Factors Influencing the Fear of Victimization [Master's thesis, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1321992256

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hartman, Callie. Be Afraid . . . Be Very Afraid: Factors Influencing the Fear of Victimization. 2011. Youngstown State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1321992256.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hartman, Callie. "Be Afraid . . . Be Very Afraid: Factors Influencing the Fear of Victimization." Master's thesis, Youngstown State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1321992256

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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