Concerns About Crime for Self and Others: An Analysis of Individual and Contextual Effects
ORCID
Haynes: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1408-9291
MSU Affiliation
College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Sociology
Creation Date
2026-06-01
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine how individual- and contextual-level factors affect both personal concerns about crime and concerns about crime for one’s spouse or significant other, family, and friends. We were also interested in whether and how these factors differed by gender. We combined individual-level data from a telephone survey of U.S. adults (N = 1,207) with contextual-level data from the U.S. Census, the American Community Survey, and the Uniform Crime Reports. We found that respondents were more concerned about crime for others than for themselves. Results from our ordered logit models showed that concerns about crime for self and others were greater for respondents who felt less safe from crime and for respondents who used constrained behaviors. Personal concerns about crime were greater for women and concerns about crime for one’s spouse or significant other were greater for men. Contextual-level factors had little or no effect on concerns about crime. Regarding concerns about crime for one’s self and one’s spouse or significant other, there were also important differences by gender. For example, weapons behaviors mattered only for women and quality of life mattered only for men.
Publication Date
1-22-2015
Publication Title
Criminal Justice Review
Publisher
SAGE Publications
First Page
303
Last Page
321
Rights
© 2015 Georgia State University
Recommended Citation
Haynes, S. H., & Rader, N. E. (2015). Concerns About Crime for Self and Others: An Analysis of Individual and Contextual Effects: An Analysis of Individual and Contextual Effects. Criminal Justice Review, 40(3), 303-321.
