범죄피해에 대한 대중의 두려움

Public Fear of Crime: Comparison between Personal and Vicarious Fear of Crime

This paper tries to distinguish between personal fear of crime and fear for others which has received little attention in the field of fear of crime research. In a way to treat fear for others as distinct from personal fear, this paper tries to conceptualize fear for others as a kinship-based vicarious fear and a general vicarious fear. Based on the KCVS(2009) data, this paper reveals both similarities and differences on the levels of personal and vicarious fear of crime. This paper also investigates how personal fear of crime and vicarious fear of crime are patterned by the individual and community factors. In addition, this paper shows the social distributions of personal and vicarious fear whether they are similar or mutually exclusive or independent. Based on the Multinomial Logit Model, this paper tries to find out whether the determinants of personal fear and vicarious fear of crime are similar or different. This paper argues that vicarious fear(kinship-based) is more common and intense than personal fear or (general) vicarious fear. And, it also reveals that the level of (general) vicarious fear corresponds to the level of personal fear of crime. Based on the results, this paper argues that the intensity of public fear can be explained by the existence of (kinship-based) vicarious fear of crime. Finally, this paper discusses the mechanisms of each fear of crime and talks about some implications of this study.