Abstract
This study tests the hypothesis that women are more fearful of crime than are men among a sample of persons aged 55 and over. Although this hypothesis has been supported by many previous studies of both elderly and general populations, the meaning and explanation of this relationship have not been successfully ascertained. Fear of crime is measured here by thirteen separate items. The results show that women are not more fearful of crime in general, but rather express greater apprehension of walking alone in their neighborhoods at night. This may be related to women's lower self-assessed abilities to protect themselves against assault. Sex differences on all other dimensions of fear of crime are negligible.
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