Scholars implicitly assume that the conceptual models of fear of crime found in the Western literature are also applicable to populations that have different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. To investigate whether such an assumption is legitimate, the current study analyzed survey data from samples of Korean immigrants in the Detroit metropolitan area and native Koreans in Seoul, South Korea. The result indicated a higher level of fear among native Koreans than Korean immigrants. The presented subgroup analyses revealed that perceived incivility, confidence in the police, and ethnic attachment were significant predictors of fear of crime among Korean immigrants, while gender, vicarious victimization, and perceived crime increase in the neighborhood were significant among native Koreans. Based on these findings, we offer implications for future research.

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美国韩国移民与韩国土著韩国人的犯罪恐惧感比较研究

学者隐含地认为，西方文学中发现的对犯罪的恐惧的概念模型也适用于具有不同文化和种族背景的人群。为了调查这种假设是否合理，本研究分析了来自底特律都会区韩国移民和韩国汉城本地韩国人的样本调查数据。结果表明，韩国本地人的恐惧程度高于韩国移民。呈现的亚组分析表明，在韩国移民中，感知不到的不活跃，对警察的信心和种族依恋是恐惧犯罪的重要预测因素，而在韩国本土居民中，性别，替代受害和邻里犯罪率上升的影响很大。根据这些发现，