NCJ Number
101509
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 14 Issue: 3 Dated: (1986) Pages: 249-258
Date Published
1986
Length
10 pages
Annotation
This study focused upon the nature of indirect victimization in the Canadian context.
Abstract
The data were collected in 1980 through interviews with respondencts (N = 640) aged 18 and older in three large metropolitan centers in Canada. A stratified multistage cluster sample was selected based upon Enumeration Areas in each locality. Using a multivariate data analysis technique, discriminant analysis, variables differentiating those fearing crime from those not fearing crime were isolated. Sex, previous victimization experience, socioeconomic status, conservatism, and social isolation were found to be significant discriminators whereas a variety of other demographic, social-psychological, and media exposure measures were not. Findings from the Canadian sample were compared to those from recently gathered American data that were similarly analyzed. The implications of major results for the development of strategies designed to reduce fear of crime are discussed. (Author abstract)