Moral reasoning and personal ethical judgment

¶ … Fear of crime has been rated as one of the social problems in our society which affects the quality of life of people across various demographic and social economic spheres. Many studies have been carried out to unearth the underlying factors that have lead to this societal problem. Many empirical and theoretical developments have come across the vulnerability disorder and social integration as some of the dominant models that explain the variations o fear of crime among the citizenly.

In respect to this research paper whose main objective is to assess the effect of demographic variables, victimization experience, perception of social and physical disorder, perceived risk and social capital on fear of crime, the researcher has attempted to give a focused way of thinking in which this variables work interrelate to influence fear. The findings suggest that gender, ownership, race and education have a close link with fear.

Females and older members of the society are more fearful than males, whites recorded higher levels of fear than nonwhites, highly educated persons have high levels of fear than less educated fellows, homeowners as well showed high levels of than renters, this findings were reached upon carrying studies based on the demographic characteristics and prior victimization models.

The findings of this research indicate that victimization has or do not necessarily have an effect on fear depending on the perception of an individual's physical and social environment and other community residents. This findings are well outlined when the researcher found out that there is a direct negative relationship between a renter and fear In the sense that despite the findings that renters were more likely to have been victimized, perceived more physically and socially disorderly.

While renters and homeowners for instant posses some property, home owners are exposed to unique risks ranging from the fear on their personal investments, fear for others who might depend on them especially family members, since they are most likely to have children and other family members under their care have the need to be protected from a number of potential victimization.

The relationship between gender, perceived risk and fear is complex in manner that the effect perceived risk on gender is more crime specific men are more fearful of robberies than women, and in sexual assault for instance females feel more unsafe because of their socialization.