Neighborhood sexual violence moderates women’s perceived safety in urban neighborhoods
| Autor: | Erin E. Hoffman, Bronwyn A. Hunter, Tanisha T. M. Mair, Jacob Kraemer Tebes, Dana M. Prince |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Adult
Male Social Psychology genetic structures media_common.quotation_subject Context (language use) Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Residence Characteristics Perception Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Women 030212 general & internal medicine Poverty media_common High rate Perceived safety Sexual violence 05 social sciences Sex Offenses social sciences Middle Aged United States Unemployment population characteristics Female Sex offense Crime Safety Psychology Social psychology human activities 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Popis: | Perceptions of neighborhood safety are positively associated with perceptions of neighborhood violence. However, research has yet to examine whether this relationship is moderated by specific types of violence, such as sexual violence, that are more salient for women. Using street-intercept interviews with 343 adults in 9 neighborhoods of a U.S. city with high rates of poverty, unemployment, and crime, we examine the relationship of perceived neighborhood violence to perceived safety in the context of gender while controlling for neighborhood assets that moderate perceptions of neighborhood safety and violence. We hypothesized that gender would moderate the relationship between perceived neighborhood violence and safety, and that women's perceptions of neighborhood safety would be significantly influenced by neighborhood sexual violence, but not other types of violence. Although women and men in these high crime, urban neighborhoods did not differ in their perceptions of neighborhood safety or violence, perceived sexual violence did significantly moderate safety by gender; women's perceptions of neighborhood sexual violence predicted perceived safety in their neighborhood. Importantly, gender did not moderate perceived safety for other types of violence. These results illustrate the importance of taking gender and perceived sexual violence into account to understand neighborhood safety in adults, particularly women. |
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