ABSTRACT

In this article, we propose that fear of crime has nonadditive and curvilinear effects on community engagement, and that this relationship varies by gender. We test our propositions utilizing the 2015 Chapman Survey of American Fears, Wave 2. We find that fear of crime has a linear positive relationship with community engagement for men. For women, we find a curvilinear relationship. At low and average levels of fear, there is a positive relationship between fear of crime and community engagement. At very high level of fear, there is a negative relationship. Implications for theory and research are discussed.

中文翻译：

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对社区参与的犯罪恐惧：性别的非加性和非线性效应

摘要

在本文中，我们提出对犯罪的恐惧对社区参与具有非累加和曲线效应，并且这种关系因性别而异。我们利用 2015 年查普曼美国恐惧调查第 2 波测试我们的命题。我们发现，对犯罪的恐惧与男性的社区参与呈线性正相关。对于女性，我们发现了一种曲线关系。在低水平和平均水平的恐惧中，对犯罪的恐惧与社区参与之间存在正相关关系。在非常高水平的恐惧中，有一种消极的关系。讨论了对理论和研究的影响。