Gendered Fear of Crime Socialization: An Extension of Akers’s Social Learning Theory
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
This article examines constructs of a theoretical model that explains the social learning process responsible for individuals' fear of crime levels and how this socialization process differs for men and women. Specifically, the authors apply the original principles of Akers's social learning theory (i.e., differential association, definitions, differential reinforcement, and imitation) to the gendered fear of crime socialization process. The authors argue that fear of crime socialization and gender socialization become a fused concept called "gendered fear of crime socialization" that leads individuals to establish associations, definitions, reinforcement, and imitation of gendered fear of crime. © The Author(s) 2011.
Publication Date
6-23-2011
Publication Title
Feminist Criminology
Publisher
SAGE Publications
First Page
291
Last Page
307
Rights
© SAGE Publications 2011
Recommended Citation
Rader, N. E., & Haynes, S. H. (2011). Gendered Fear of Crime Socialization: An Extension of Akers’s Social Learning Theory: An Extension of Akers’s Social Learning Theory. Feminist Criminology, 6(4), 291-307.
