SNS Online Victimization and Fear of Crime: Including the Moderating Effects of Disorder, Collective Efficacy, and Gender Difference

IF 1.4 3区社会学 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Victims & Offenders Pub Date : 2022-08-15 DOI:10.1080/15564886.2022.2043967

Seong-sik Lee, C. Park

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate the relationship between social network site (SNS) online victimization and fear of crime. It is well known that fear of crime is not only affected by the victimization experience in itself but also influenced by the online environment wherein individuals are involved in diverse SNS activities. Thus, the role of victimization on fear of crime is differentiated by the SNS environment, irrespective of whether it is well ordered or not. The research outcome based on the analysis of university students in Seoul, Korea clearly shows that the more they are victimized online and the higher the levels of online disorders, the more they exhibit fear of crime. However, online trust and informal social control, representing online collective efficacy, fail to show any significant effect on fear of crime. Regarding the role of male and female differences in these interaction processes between online victimization with disorder and collective efficacy, respectively, interesting and significant, albeit differentiating, outcomes are found between males and females. The interaction effect between online victimization and environment shows a mingled outcome for male, while it is wholly insignificant for female implying that victimization experience is sufficient to incur fear of crime.

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SNS网络受害者与犯罪恐惧：包括无序、集体效能和性别差异的调节效应

摘要本研究旨在探讨社交网站在线受害与犯罪恐惧之间的关系。众所周知，对犯罪的恐惧不仅受到受害经历本身的影响，还受到个人参与各种社交网络活动的网络环境的影响。因此，受害对犯罪恐惧的作用取决于SNS环境，而不管其秩序是否良好。以韩国首尔的大学生为对象进行分析的研究结果清楚地表明，在网络上受害越多，网络紊乱程度越高，对犯罪的恐惧程度就越高。而代表网络集体效能的网络信任和非正式社会控制对犯罪恐惧的影响不显著。在网络受害障碍与集体效能的互动过程中，男性和女性的差异分别产生了有趣而显著的结果。网络受害与环境的交互效应对男性表现出混合的结果，而对女性则完全不显著，这意味着受害经历足以引发犯罪恐惧。

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Victims & Offenders CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： Victims & Offenders is a peer-reviewed journal that provides an interdisciplinary and international forum for the dissemination of new research, policies, and practices related to both victimization and offending throughout the life course. Our aim is to provide an opportunity for researchers -- both in the United States and internationally -- from a wide range of disciplines (criminal justice, psychology, sociology, political science, economics, public health, and social work) to publish articles that examine issues from a variety of perspectives in a unique, interdisciplinary forum. We are interested in both quantitative and qualitative research, systematic, evidence-based reviews, and articles that focus on theory development related to offenders and victims.