scholarly journals Fear of Crime in South Korea

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 116-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Brown
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Nocturnal Activity ◽  
Avoidance Behaviors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Patriarchal Power

This study provides analyses of data on crime-associated trepidation obtained from surveys administered to college students in South Korea. The survey contained questions about, and the analyses distinguished between, offense-specific fears (fear of burglary and fear of home invasion), perceived risk of victimization (day and night), and crime avoidance behaviors (avoidance of nocturnal activity and avoidance of particular areas). Regression analyses of the data show that victimization was not consistently associated with crime-associated trepidation, while gender significantly impacted all measures of concern about crime. Women were more likely than men to report being fearful, perceiving risk, and crime avoidance behaviors. Building upon prior scholarship (for example, Madriz 1997; Stanko 1989) and considering the social context in which the data were gathered, it is herein suggested that the gendered variation in crime-associated anxiety may reflect patriarchal power relations. The methodological and policy implications of the study are also discussed.

Socio-Demographic Correlates of Fear of Crime and the Social Context of Contemporary Urban China

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 93-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianhong Liu ◽  
Steven F. Messner ◽  
Lening Zhang ◽  
Yue Zhuo
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Urban China ◽  
The Social ◽  
Demographic Correlates

Examining the Distinctiveness of Antecedents to Trust in Government

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory A. Porumbescu ◽  
Yoonhwan Park
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Trust In Government ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Opinion Survey ◽  
Public Opinion Survey ◽  
The Social

Approaches to understanding trust in government are likely to be incomplete if they are only applied to trust and not government as well. As such, this study builds upon existing attempts to understand trust in government by deconstructing the terms trust and government and assessing the relationships among the various components within South Korea. To analyse the antecedents of trust in government, multiple regression analyses are used to assess The Social Trust Public Opinion Survey (2004), which addresses current trust levels across society, markets, institutions, and government. Our findings suggest the significance of determinants of trust vary by area of government.

scholarly journals Una mirada a las formas de subjetividad en mujeres víctimas de violencia sexual en el contexto de Buenaventura

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Eva María Lucumí Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Social ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
Valle Del Cauca ◽  
Patriarchal Power ◽  
Gender Subjectivity

Resumen: Este artículo presenta resultados de unainvestigación acerca de las formas de subjetividad presentesen tres mujeres negras víctimas de violencia sexualen el contexto del municipio de Buenaventura, Valledel Cauca. El presente estudio feminista posiciona a lasmujeres como sujetos enunciantes de sentidos y reflexionasobre la violencia sexual. Los hallazgos apuntan aidentificar tendencias y singularidades que surgen enlos discursos de las mujeres a partir de la experienciade violencia sexual vivida. Los resultados y la discusiónemanan de algunos de los núcleos interpretativos, queemergen en la investigación como las manifestacionesdel poder patriarcal, los sentimientos, la reinterpretacióndel cuerpo a partir de la experiencia y la resistenciaal contexto, caracterizado por la presencia del conflictoarmado. A partir de estas vivencias las mujeres reinterpretanlas relaciones que establecen con los otros y consus cuerpos. En ellas prevalecen sentimientos de culpa,temor y resistencia.Palabras clave: género, subjetividad, narrativas, mujeres,violencia sexual.A Look at Forms of Subjectivity of Women Victimsof Violence in BuenaventuraAbstract: This paper presents results of research onthe forms of subjectivity present in three black womenvictims of sexual violence in the context of the municipalityof Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca. In this feministstudy women are presented as subjects of enunciationand there is a reflection on sexual violence. The findingspoint to identifying both trends and peculiarities that canbe seen in women’s discourse due to the experience ofsexual violence. Results and discussion arise from someinterpretive nuclei, stemming from research on certainmanifestations of patriarchal power, feelings, the reinterpretationof the body from experience, and resistanceto the social context, characterized by the presence ofarmed conflict. From these experiences, women reinterpretrelationships with others and with their bodies.Feelings of guilt, fear and resistance prevail.Keywords: gender, subjectivity, narratives, women,sexual violence.

Saving Children, Damning Adults? An Examination of Public Support for Juvenile Rehabilitation and Adult Punishment

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 470-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Welch ◽  
Leah Fikre Butler ◽  
Marc Gertz
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Public Preferences ◽  
Illegal Behavior ◽  
Justice Systems ◽  
Juvenile Rehabilitation ◽  
System Approaches

Research shows that public preferences about justice system approaches to decreasing illegal behavior distinguish between adult and juvenile offending. We also know that fear of crime and perceived risk of victimization typically strengthen support for harsh punishments and reduce support for rehabilitation. What has yet to be demonstrated—and that we examine here—is whether there are youth-specific differences in the way that crime salience affects public support for punitive versus rehabilitative policies and to what extent confidence in the criminal and juvenile justice systems affects punishment orientations toward adults and juveniles. Essentially, we examine why some Americans support “child saving” yet condemn adults. This exploratory study’s findings indicate that while crime salience increases the likelihood that one will support harsh adult criminal measures, it is not associated with similar attitudes toward juvenile delinquents. Further, those for whom crime salience is lower have a greater probability of supporting rehabilitation for both juveniles and adults. Finally, results show that support for the rehabilitation of youth persists despite crime salience among those who are otherwise punitive toward adults. Justice ideology appears unaffected by confidence in the justice systems. Policy implications and recommendations for future research are offered.

Technological Addiction in Context: The Influence of Perceived Neighborhood Social Disorder on the Extensive Use and Addiction to the Smartphone

2019 ◽  
pp. 089443931989623
Author(s):  
Juan Herrero ◽  
Andrea Torres ◽  
Pep Vivas ◽  
Alberto Urueña
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Contextual Effect ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Behavioral Addictions ◽  
Social Disorder ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Psychosocial Correlates ◽  
The Social ◽  
Representative National Sample

After more than a decade of research on smartphone addiction, there is currently empirical evidence on the main sociodemographic, psychological, and psychosocial correlates of this type of behavioral addiction. However, research in this field has not yet paid sufficient attention to the influence that the social context may have on smartphone addiction, an aspect that has been frequently pointed out by investigations on both substance and behavioral addictions. The objective of this research was to analyze the influence of the social context—through the perceived social disorder in the neighborhood—on the extensive use and addiction to the smartphone in a representative national sample of 3,619 Spanish users. The results of the multiple linear regression analyses showed that, after statistically controlling for a set of sociodemographic, psychological, and psychosocial correlates, a specific contextual effect was detected: Higher levels of perceived neighborhood social disorder were associated with higher levels of both smartphone extensive use and smartphone addiction. These results highlight the need to incorporate the influence of the social context as a relevant explanatory element of smartphone extensive use and addiction.

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