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College Students' Crime-Related Fears on Campus

Are Fear-Provoking Cues Gendered?

University of Cincinnati, OH

David May

Eastern Kentucky University

Gender plays a central role in the study of crime-related fear as does the description of various fear-provoking cues in the environment. Despite the ever-growing body of crime-related fear research, few researchers have examined which fear-provoking cues, if any, are gendered. Using a large sample of undergraduates from a public university, this article explores the gendered nature of fear-provoking cues and crime-related fears while on campus. Bivariate and multivariate results suggest that fear-provoking cues are not gendered for fear of larceny-theft or fear of assault. These results inform the fear of crime research on a number of dimensions and have implications for future research.

Key Words: fear of crime • fear-provoking cues • gender • college campus • cognitive mapping

This version was published on August 1, 2009

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Vol. 25, No. 3, 300-321 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1043986209335013


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