From mace to restricted movement: feminist social control theory and college women's fear of rape

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dc.contributor.authorJones, Kathleen A.en
dc.contributor.committeechairBailey, Carol A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberParker-Gwin, Rachelen
dc.contributor.committeememberShoemaker, Donald J.en
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:35:23Zen
dc.date.adate2009-05-02en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:35:23Zen
dc.date.issued1995-05-11en
dc.date.rdate2009-05-02en
dc.date.sdate2009-05-02en
dc.description.abstractThis research utilizes feminist social control theory to explore college women's fear of crime, specifically rape. Elements within this analysis include: comparisons of males and females on their relative fear of crime in both stranger and acquaintance situations, an assessment of behavioral/social self-restrictions, and an examination of the relative impact of previous victimization on women's fear. Data are derived from a self-administered questionnaire from a non-probability sample of 217 male and female Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University undergraduates in the fall of 1994. Consistent with the hypothesis, women report significantly higher rates of fear in both acquaintance and stranger situations, and also report employing significantly more crime preventative measures than men. However, regression analyses reveal that while gender, acquaintance and stranger fear all have a statistically significant impact on precautionary use, neither fear of rape, nor previous rape victimization are significant. Policy implications and areas for future research are explored.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentv, 68 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05022009-040740en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05022009-040740/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/42424en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1995.J672.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 34271697en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectfear of crimeen
dc.subjectcampus crimeen
dc.subjectcriminologyen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1995.J672en
dc.titleFrom mace to restricted movement: feminist social control theory and college women's fear of rapeen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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