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- Title
Is Women's Fear of Crime Fear of Sexual Assault? A Test of the Shadow of Sexual Assault Hypothesis in a Sample of Swedish University Students.
- Authors
Mellgren, Caroline; Ivert, Anna-Karin
- Abstract
Prior research shows that women's higher fear of crime compared with men can largely be explained by women's fear of rape. Whether women's higher fear can also be explained by fear of nonviolent sexual harassment has not been explored. This study tested the shadow of sexual assault hypothesis in a sample of almost 3,000 Swedish university students. Our results confirm previous tests of the shadow thesis on the effect of fear of rape. In addition, we show that fear of sexual harassment also explained differences in fear between men and women. Based on the findings, we recommend that strategies to reduce sexual violence should focus on the entire continuum of violence against women.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; COLLEGE students; CRIME; FEAR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; SEX crimes; SEX distribution; SEXUAL harassment; CRIME victims; VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGY of women; GENDER; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 4, p511
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1077801218793226