여성 노인의 범죄두려움에 관한 내러티브 연구

Abstract

Despite a decline in overall crime in the last decade, the fear of being a victim of crime has increased. The fear of crime is a psychological fear that anyone can have, regardless of gender or age. Research to identify the cause of fear of crime is constantly being conducted both at home and abroad. In particular, research on fear of crime has been carried out quantitatively, focusing on factors such as crime victim experience, crime vulnerability, regional disorder, social integration, and community police activities. However, in quantitative research on fear of crime, it is not easy to clearly identify the cause due to differences in fear of crime among research subjects. Therefore, in this study, we tried to identify the cause of the fear of crime, focusing on the research subjects who were highly aware of the fear of crime. In particular, based on previous studies, this study targeted female elderly people with high fear of crime despite low crime damage. In addition, the causes of fear of crime were divided into personal factors and environmental factors, focusing on female elderly people, and the causes of fear of crime felt by them were identified. As a result of the study, it was investigated that the cause of the fear of crime of the elderly female is the fear of crime due to the vulnerability of crime, and that the media's crime reports and disorder in the region maximize the fear of crime. Based on the results of this study, A public safety policy proposal was made to relieve the fear of crime for the elderly women.