کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
10437406 912067 2005 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Theories and fear of gang crime among Whites and Latinos: A replication and extension of prior research
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی روانشناسی روان شناسی کاربردی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Theories and fear of gang crime among Whites and Latinos: A replication and extension of prior research
چکیده انگلیسی
Fear of gang crime was used as a key justification for harsh punishment policies recently, and gangs were known to be associated with more disorder and crime. There was little systematic evidence about the presence, causes, or consequences of gang-related fear for the public. Prior studies showed that in some people's minds, racial and ethnic diversity was blamed for disorder, community decline, and crime. Using latent variable structural equation models, this article tests this idea and examines the causal relationships among perceived diversity, disorder, decline, and gang fear among Orange County, California residents. Results indicated that for Whites, diversity concerns increased perceptions of disorder, which increased concern about decline and therefore gang fear. For Latinos, concern about diversity increased perceptions of disorder and consequently gang fear, but community concern (decline) was unrelated to gang fear.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice - Volume 33, Issue 6, November–December 2005, Pages 627-641
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