Journal article
Gender, Racial Threat, and Perceived Risk in an Urban University Setting
The journal of research in crime and delinquency, v 57(5), pp 612-639
01 Aug 2020
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Abstract
Objectives:
We provide new insights about the role of gender, race, and place in perceived risk and fear of crime and discuss the possible boundaries of the shadow of sexual assault thesis, which attributes women's higher levels of fear to their underlying fear of rape across a variety of ecological contexts.
Method:
Analyses are based on data from in-depth qualitative interviews with 34 undergraduates attending a diverse urban university in a highly disadvantaged community in the northeast. Purposive and theoretical sampling strategies were used, and thematic saturation was achieved.
Results:
We find striking gender similarities in students' perceptions of risk and fear of crime in this particular context. Specifically, both women and men drew on their perceptions of disorder in the community when defining the threat of victimization, which they believed was robbery committed by the city's African American male residents.
Conclusions:
The gendered shadow of sexual assault was surprisingly absent from students' discussions, suggesting that it may not be as universal across context as previous research suggests. We argue that microlevel contexts and methodological factors may shape the shadow's presence, nature, and strength in gendered fear and perceived risk.
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- Title
- Gender, Racial Threat, and Perceived Risk in an Urban University Setting
- Creators
- Shannon K. Jacobsen - Drexel UniversityJody Miller - Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNtasha Bhardwaj - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Publication Details
- The journal of research in crime and delinquency, v 57(5), pp 612-639
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 28
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Criminology and Justice Studies
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000511084000001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85079007192
- Other Identifier
- 991019168095204721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Criminology & Penology