ORCID Profile
0000-0002-5433-1038
Current Organisations
Queensland University of Technology
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Griffith University
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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2016
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 03-04-2021
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 09-2019
DOI: 10.1111/CICO.12453
Abstract: This study aims to examine feelings of safety and the correlates to feelings of decreased worry toward crime within in iduals’ proximate environments. Data from adults living in Southeast Queensland ( N = 72) were collected using a mobile application. Findings of a thematic analysis of these data suggest that safety perceptions are primarily driven by (a) physical features of the proximate environment, (b) social characteristics of a place, and (c) location familiarity or awareness. This study concludes with a discussion of how these themes may be leveraged to develop more focused fear–reduction strategies that involve modifying features of the physical environment, improving social characteristics of place and increasing knowledge/awareness of place.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 06-06-2022
DOI: 10.1177/26338076221105899
Abstract: The current study seeks to enhance the theoretical development of fear of crime by exploring the complex cognitive processes involved in risk perception formation. We apply Trope and Liberman’s construal level theory (CLT) of psychological distance to understand how and why these complex cognitive processes might shape an in idual’s worry about crime. We pilot survey measures designed to capture perceptions of psychological distance and worry about crime using a convenience s le of N = 265 residents from Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Results of confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) reveal that these new measures have good scaling properties and that each dimension of psychological distance is empirically distinct. Multiple linear regression demonstrates that temporal, social and hypothetical psychological distance predicted worry at a statistically significant level, however, spatial distance was in the expected direction but was not statistically significant. These findings suggest that CLT is an appropriate lens to understand how in iduals perceive their risk of criminal victimisation, but further research is needed to refine spatial distance survey measures. We recommend future research explores how psychological distance may interact with other well-known correlates of worry, such as age, gender and ethnicity.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2022
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 26-06-2017
Abstract: The current study examines the association between fear of crime and awareness of community programs designed to prevent or reduce crime and social disorder. Data were collected from a community survey of household residents living on the Gold Coast of Australia ( N = 713). Results indicate that those reportedly aware of community initiatives, fear property crime and crimes against persons differently than those reportedly unaware of them. For fear of personal victimisation, awareness of crime prevention programs within an area weakened relationships between (a) perceptions of incivility and social cohesion (b) perceptions of the consequences of victimisation and likelihood of victimisation and (c) perceptions of the likelihood of victimisation and worry about personal crime. Findings are discussed in terms of their implications on future research, and strategies for developing crime prevention and fear reduction programs that maximise the positive effects on attitudes towards crime, while minimising their unintended consequences, are also offered.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2017
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 17-12-2018
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 11-03-2019
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