POLICING, CULTURE, AND FEAR OF CRIME IN THE KOREAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY

• 발행기관: 원광대학교 법학연구소
• 저자명: Min-Sik Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『법학연구』제18집, 87~124쪽, 전체 38쪽
• 주제분류: 법학 > 법학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2001.12.26

영문 초록

This research examines how the quality of local policing, measured in both personal-and community-levels, and cultural (or acculturation) factors influence fear of crime among Korean Americans, drawing on Poole and Pogrebin’s (1990) ethnographic study of crime and law enforcement policy in the Korean community. The data consist of 721 adult Korean Americans residing in 63 communities in metropolitan Chicago who were sampled from 33 ethnic Korean churches. Findings from hierarchical linear models indicate that Korean Americans who confide in the local police in terms of their consideration for minority residents, evaluate the routine police protection more favorably, and reside in a community which has a bigger police force size are less likely to be afraid of crime at night in their neighborhood. Such fear-reducing effects of policing, however, were not significant for fear of crime during the day. This study also found that the black visibility in a community was a very critical factor for Korean Americans’ fear, both at night and during the day.

목차

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

THE POLICING AND FEAR OF CRIME

DATA AND METHODS

FINDINGS

CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

Appendix 1. Description of Variables

Appendix 2. Correlations Between Person-Level Predictors and Fear of Crime