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Racial/ethnic variation in the relationship between physical limitation and fear of crime: An examination of mediating and moderating factors.

Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
Deviant Behavior (impact factor: 0.55). 02/2009; 30(2):144-174. DOI:10.1080/01639620802050213 pp.144-174
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ABSTRACT This study has four objectives. First, we confirm the previously observed association between physical limitations and fear of crime. Second, we assess the role of age in this relationship. Third, we identify factors that mediate this relationship. Fourth, we assess whether this relationship is observed across racial/ethnic groups. Adjusting for perceptions of personal control and disability-related stigma reduces the magnitude of this relationship to non-significance for black and white respondents, but not for Hispanics. Also, we find that age is inversely related to fear of crime for blacks and whites.

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Keywords

disability-related stigma
 
Fourth
 
non-significance
 
observed association
 
perceptions
 
personal control
 
physical limitations
 
racial/ethnic groups
 
white respondents
 
whites