PMID- 35654485
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220606
LR  - 20220617
IS  - 0886-6708 (Print)
IS  - 0886-6708 (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 3
DP  - 2022 Jun 1
TI  - The Importance of Neighborhood Context and Gender on International Students' Fear 
      of Crime in Istanbul.
PG  - 381-395
LID - 10.1891/VV-D-20-00105 [doi]
AB  - Although fear of crime is an important issue for international students in a host 
      country, this issue has not been explored in Turkey. The current study aims to 
      fill this gap with data from a sample of 377 international students from a large 
      urban university in Istanbul. The current study applies the incivilities thesis 
      to fear of crime by including individual-level variables, perceived safety, and 
      the perceived crime problem in Istanbul. The structural equation model (SEM) 
      results show that social and physical incivilities do not mediate the 
      relationship between international students' demographic characteristics and fear 
      of crime. The findings indicate that gender is one of the important variables 
      shaping internationals students' fear of crime and the perceived crime problem in 
      Istanbul. By highlighting the importance of investigating international students' 
      fear of crime, the study has important implications for stakeholders in host 
      societies.
CI  - (c) Copyright 2022 Springer Publishing Company, LLC.
FAU - Ozascilar, Mine
AU  - Ozascilar M
AD  - Bahcesehir University, Sociology Department, Ciragan Caddesi, Osmanpasa Mektebi 
      Sokak, Istanbul, Turkey mine.ozascilar@eas.bau.edu.tr.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Violence Vict
JT  - Violence and victims
JID - 8916436
SB  - IM
MH  - *Crime
MH  - Fear
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Students
MH  - Turkey
MH  - Universities
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Turkey
OT  - fear of crime
OT  - international students
OT  - perceptions of safety
OT  - social disorganization theory
EDAT- 2022/06/03 06:00
MHDA- 2022/06/07 06:00
CRDT- 2022/06/02 20:52
PHST- 2022/06/02 20:52 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/06/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/06/07 06:00 [medline]
AID - 37/3/381 [pii]
AID - 10.1891/VV-D-20-00105 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Violence Vict. 2022 Jun 1;37(3):381-395. doi: 10.1891/VV-D-20-00105.