This paper tests the pertinence of individual-level theoretical framework of fear of crime to explain fear of terrorism and underscores the significance of the nexus between fear of terrorism and perceived risk of terrorism. It reviews the literature on conceptualization of terrorism and crime, focusing on individual-level determinants of fear of crime and terrorism through victimization and vulnerability perspectives. The study explores the impact of individual-level predictors and of perceived risk of terrorism on fear of terrorism through three complimentary multiple linear regression models on the basis of results of a web-based survey conducted in Spring semester of 2013 among 504 undergraduate and graduate students from Kent State University between the ages of 19–36, directly following the Boston Marathon Bombings. The study concludes that perceived risk of terrorism on future attacks is a robust indicator of fear of terrorism and the influence of individual-level predictors of fear of crime literature, media exposure, and indirect victimization should not be underestimated.

本文检验了个人层面的犯罪恐惧理论框架对解释恐怖主义恐惧的相关性，并强调了对恐怖主义的恐惧与感知到的恐怖主义风险之间联系的重要性。它回顾了有关恐怖主义和犯罪概念化的文献，通过受害和脆弱性的角度关注对犯罪和恐怖主义的恐惧的个人层面决定因素。该研究基于 2013 年春季学期在 504 名本科生和研究生中进行的基于网络的调查结果，通过三个互补的多元线性回归模型探讨了个人层面的预测因素和感知的恐怖主义风险对恐怖主义恐惧的影响19-36 岁之间的肯特州立大学，紧随波士顿马拉松爆炸案之后。