ABSTRACT

The intersection of fear of crime and media consumption has been examined in urban environments extensively. However, like many aspects of criminal justice research, much less is known about these concepts in non-urban environments. Further, there is an assumption that the processes of how media will influence fear of crime will work similarly in non-urban environments. This question remains open to empirical examination. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between media consumption and fear of crime in a semi-rural environment. Using data collected via telephone survey, and conducted within a selected non-urban community, we examine the relationship between media consumption and fear of crime while controlling for a host of confounders. Results indicated that media consumption is related to fear of crime among this specialized sample. However, this relationship becomes nonsignificant once perceived disorder is introduced. Findings and implications are discussed.

摘要

对犯罪的恐惧和媒体消费的交叉点已在城市环境中得到广泛研究。然而，与刑事司法研究的许多方面一样，对非城市环境中的这些概念知之甚少。此外，假设媒体如何影响对犯罪的恐惧的过程在非城市环境中也会发生类似的情况。这个问题仍有待实证检验。在本文中，我们调查了半农村环境中媒体消费与犯罪恐惧之间的关系。使用通过电话调查收集并在选定的非城市社区内进行的数据，我们检查了媒体消费与犯罪恐惧之间的关系，同时控制了许多混杂因素。结果表明，在这个专业样本中，媒体消费与对犯罪的恐惧有关。然而，一旦引入感知障碍，这种关系就变得无关紧要。讨论了调查结果和影响。