Micro Scale Environmental Characteristics and Fear of Crime

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Eylem Akman Cinar
Ebru Cubukcu

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between crime, fear, and micro-level physical environmental features: physical incivilities, places that afford concealment (or refuge), limited prospects, and blocked escape. Low and high crime streets in Istanbul, Turkey were determined. Then 68 streets were selected via cluster random sampling and evaluated by two investigators at the site and by 127 people via photographs for perceived safety, upkeep (as an indicator of physical incivilities) the extent to which they afford wide vista (prospect) and easy escape and concealment opportunities, the density and height of trees, shrubs, and walls. Results supported the theory and the findings of previous empirical studies.

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Cinar, E.A. and Cubukcu, E. 2018. Micro Scale Environmental Characteristics and Fear of Crime. Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies. 3, 7 (Mar. 2018), 129–136. DOI:https://doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v3i7.265.

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