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Vulnerability, Locus of Control, and Worry About Crime

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1987

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The concept of vulnerability has been widely used to explain the empirical relationship between certain sociodemographic characteristics and anxieties about criminal victimization. Building upon this conceptual base, the present study proposes a psychological operationalization of vulnerability. Specifically, the relationship between locus of control and worry about crime is explored through an analysis of data generated from a survey of urban residents. Attention is focused upon two particular issues. The first concerns the extent to which locus of control scores mediate the relationships involving sociodemographic indicators of vulnerability and worry about crime. The second issue relates to an investigation of the mechanisms that provide the theoretical and empirical linkage between locus of control and worry.

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On a largement utilisé le concept de vulnérabilité pour expliquer le lien empirique qui existe entre certaines caractéristiques sociodémographiques et les anxiétés concernant la victimisation criminelle. A partir de ce fondement conceptuel, la présente étude propose une formulation des étapes psychologiques de la vulnérabilité. On explore spécifiquement la relation entre le lieu de contrôle et le souci concernant le crime à partir d'une analyse de données receuillies dans un sondage auprés de résidents urbains. On porte une attention particulière à deux aspects. D'abord la relation entre les indicateurs sociodémographiques de vulnérabilité et la préoccupation par rapport au crime se fait à partir de l'étendue des scores du lieu de contrôle. On examine ensuite les mécanismes qui fournissent un lien théorique et empirique entre le lieu de contrôle et la préoccupation par rapport au crime.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 6Number 1April 1987
Pages: 99 - 111

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Version of record online: 23 April 2009

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Vincent F. Sacco
William Glackman
Simon Fraser University

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