People’s Crime Perception, and Attitude toward Community Crime Prevention Activities in Japan

Authors

  • Seiji Shibata Department of Human Psychology, Sagami Women’s University, Japan
  • Kazunori Hanyu Department of Psychology, Nihon University, Japan
  • Tatsuto Asakawa Department of Sociology, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan
  • Takahito Shimada Department of Criminology and Behavioral Sciences, National Research Institute of Police Science, JAPAN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v2i2.181

Keywords:

Prevention, Perceptions About Public Safety, Fear of Crime

Abstract

We distributed questionnaire booklets to households in Tsukuba City, Japan. The questionnaire assessed attitudes toward local crime prevention activities, perceptions about public safety and crime-related anxiety, and sociodemographic variables. Elderly people had more positive attitudes toward community crime prevention compared to younger people. In addition, people who had a greater sense of crisis about their communities tended to view community crime prevention as a personal responsibility, whereas people who reported a less consistent fear of crime tended to have a more aloof attitude toward community crime prevention activities 

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2017-01-01

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Shibata, S., Hanyu, K., Asakawa, T., & Shimada, T. (2017). People’s Crime Perception, and Attitude toward Community Crime Prevention Activities in Japan. Journal of ASIAN Behavioural Studies, 2(2), 57–66. https://doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v2i2.181

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2017): Jan / Mar

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