Ontological insecurity and subjective feelings of unsafety: Analysing socially constructed fears in Italy
| Autor: | Riccardo Valente, Sergi Valera Pertegas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject 050109 social psychology Seguretat (Psicologia) Education Development economics 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sociology Esquema corporal Physical disorder 0505 law media_common Conceptualization Social phenomenon Social marginality 05 social sciences Fear of crime 16. Peace & justice Social constructionism Confirmatory factor analysis Security (Psychology) Feeling Percepció Marginació social 050501 criminology Perception Social exclusion Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB Universidad de Barcelona |
| ISSN: | 0049-089X |
| Popis: | Perception of insecurity arises as a complex social phenomenon affected by factors that go beyond actual crime rates. Previous contributions to the field of fear of crime studies have shown, for instance, that the perception of social and physical disorder may generate insecurity among residents even in contexts where crime is comparatively low. Meanwhile, sociological approaches have led to a conceptualization of insecurity as an umbrella sentiment grounded in a wider feeling of unease. Building further on this assumption, data gathered in a large-scale survey in Italy (n = 15,428) were analysed by implementing exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis with the objective of assessing the validity of a model of “ontological insecurity”. The results of our analysis support a conceptualization of insecurity where socially constructed anxieties (due to health and financial precariousness), as well as ethnic, sexual and religious-based stigmatization, play a prominent role in determining an individual's feeling of insecurity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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