Entry:

Warr, Mark, "Dangerous Situations: Social Context and Fear of Victimization," Social Forces, 68 (March, 1990), 891-907.


Abstract:

Fear of criminal victimization arises from unfamiliarity and darkness, but not automatically from the presence of others.

GSS Years:

1987

Other Data Sets:

Dallas survey 1987

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
FEAR

AFRAID TO WALK AT NIGHT IN NEIGHBORHOOD