Unraveling the Determinants of Fear of Crime Among Men and Women in Istanbul: Examining the Impact of Perceived Risk and Fear of Sexual Assault

@article{zailar2017UnravelingTD,
  title={Unraveling the Determinants of Fear of Crime Among Men and Women in Istanbul: Examining the Impact of Perceived Risk and Fear of Sexual Assault},
  author={Mine {\"O}zaşçilar and Neyl{\^a}n Ziyalar},
  journal={International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology},
  year={2017},
  volume={61},
  pages={1010 - 993}
}
Studies have examined university students’ fear of crime focusing on the relationship between the fear of sexual assault and fear of other crimes, termed the shadow of sexual assault hypothesis; however, no study to date has examined the shadow thesis in a Turkish context. Drawing on the shadow thesis, using a sample of 723 university students in Istanbul, this study focuses on the effect of fear of sexual assault and perceived risk of crime to general fear of crime among university students in… 
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