ABSTRACT Smartphone technology provides a unique opportunity to collect context-specific data from individuals. Very few published studies have attempted to gather context-specific information on fear of crime using smartphone technology. With our pilot study in Lahore, Pakistan, we examined the utility of administration of Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMAs) via our smartphone application to collect real-time and context-dependent information on transit users’ experiences. The results demonstrate that EMAs and smartphones can provide a unique opportunity to collect context-specific data on individuals’ fear of crime, perceived risk of victimisation, perceptions of incivility, and their suggestions for improvements to the design and management of the public transit system.

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生态瞬时评估在收集有关犯罪恐惧的数据方面的效用

摘要 智能手机技术提供了一个独特的机会来从个人收集特定于上下文的数据。很少有已发表的研究尝试使用智能手机技术收集有关犯罪恐惧的特定情境信息。通过我们在巴基斯坦拉合尔的试点研究，我们通过智能手机应用程序检查了生态瞬时评估 (EMA) 管理的效用，以收集有关过境用户体验的实时和上下文相关信息。结果表明，EMA 和智能手机可以提供一个独特的机会来收集关于个人对犯罪的恐惧、受害风险的感知、不文明的感知以及他们对改进公共交通系统设计和管理的建议的特定情境数据。