| Title |
An Analysis of Physical Environment Related to Fear of Crime of Single Female Households |
| Authors |
이수현(Lee, Soohyun) ; 하미경(Ha, Mikoung) ; 변기동(Byun, Gidong) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK.2022.38.1.25 |
| Keywords |
Single-Person Female Households; Fear of Crime; Multi-family Housing; Entrance; CPTED; Eye-tracking |
| Abstract |
Due to the change in family dynamics and modern lifestyles, single female house holds are expected to increase. That is to say, the
proportion of the group of high anxiety toward crime will be increasing. Therefore, more effective and practical measures to better recognize,
mitigate and manage the fear of crime is necessary to establish. This study examines the area around the entrance of a low-rise residential
area where young female tenants are daily concerned for their safety. Surveys and eye-tracking experiments were conducted in identifying
major physical environmental factors related to the fear of crime in this particular area. This research unveiled that the main physical factors
associated with the fear of crime involved the level of attention given to CCTV signs, roads in front of buildings, entrance floors, lighting
and windows. For CCTV signs, participants with higher ‘General fear of crime’ shows lower the attention to CCTV signs. This suggests that
making single-person households more aware of the existence of CCTV’s by the size or design of the signs could help alleviate the fear of
crime. For survey participants with high ‘Fear of property crimes’ were sensitive to their surrounding environment, therefore, enhancing the
private image of an access space through proper lighting installation along with better visualizations of the boundaries for the entrance area
and nearby roads were deemed important. it was also significant to develop a maintenance system. Lastly, although attention to windows
varied per location, installing a crime preventative tool could be a possible approach to dissipate the fear of physical crime. As these
suggested improvements are applied and additional factors discovered, further analysis is needed after each change to find more appropriate
methods to mitigate the fear of physical crime. |