Until Death Do Us Part? Husband Perceptions and Responses to Fear of Crime

This article examines the link between men's personal fear of crime and men's fear of crime for others. Previous work finds men fear crime less than women and that men fear crime for others, especially spouses. Gender role socialization is a key reason men lack personal fear. Few works con...

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Published in:Deviant behavior 2010-01, Vol.31 (1), p.33-59
Main Author: Rader, Nicole E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Correlation analysis
Crime
Fear & phobias
Fear of Crime
Husbands
Marriage
Perceptions
Safety
Sex Differences
Sex roles
Spouses
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Summary:This article examines the link between men's personal fear of crime and men's fear of crime for others. Previous work finds men fear crime less than women and that men fear crime for others, especially spouses. Gender role socialization is a key reason men lack personal fear. Few works consider the connection between personal fear and vicarious fear for men. Analyzing in-depth interviews with fourteen married couples, this study relies on marriage as a context to understand the relationship between personal fear and fear for spouses among married men. Narratives with married men demonstrate a heightened sense of personal fear and fear for spouses due to a new sense of "responsibility" for spousal safety and protection.
ISSN:0163-9625
1521-0456
DOI:10.1080/01639620902854704