▪ Abstract A review of research and theory on transactions between people and physical
environments emphasizes new contributions to theory and empirical research published in …

Tackling difficult issues, Emotionally Involved gives a vivid picture the challenges
researchers who studey traumatic events face. It is essential reading for researchers …

Rader has called for a change in how researchers study fear of crime, suggesting that fear of
crime, perceptions of risk, and experiences with victimization are interrelated dimensions of …

Fear in public spaces negatively impacts women's lives. Even when danger is low, the idea
of women as endangered in public space endures—due, in part, to its centrality in the …

Sexual victimization continues to be a problem on college campuses across the United
States. Research on risk focuses on victimization of heterosexual women while that of …

Using data from a spring 2004 telephone survey of 1,010 female undergraduate and
graduate students at one southeastern state university, the authors examine the objective …

The primary aim of this study is to explore how school-related variables predict high school
students' subjective judgements of school violence. Using a nationally representative …

Communities are traditionally built with one transportation mode and user in mind—the adult
automobile driver. Recently, however, there has been an international focus on the trip to …

This descriptive study provides an empirical examination of issues related to campus safety
including college students' perceptions of fear and perceived risk of crime as reported by a …

There has been a substantial increase in the number of mass shooting incidents on college
campuses in the United States in recent years. Although empirical research examined the …