Fear of crime in residential areas / Siti Rasidah Md Sakip, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohd Najib Mohd Salleh
Physical environmental elements such as gated elements are believed to have an effect towards the reduction of fear of crime in residential neighbourhoods. In Malaysia, the typical form of residences is that involving gated individual houses, while residences without gated elements are relatively a...
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| author | Abdullah, Aldrin Mohd Salleh, Mohd Najib Md Sakip, Siti Rasidah |
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| description | Physical environmental elements such as gated elements are believed to have an effect towards the reduction of fear of crime in residential neighbourhoods. In Malaysia, the typical form of residences is that involving gated individual houses, while residences without gated elements are relatively a new development concept. Therefore, a survey on fear of crime among residents in housing areas with gated and non-gated residences was conducted in Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor and Precinct 9B, Putrajaya. This research discovered that respondents inhabiting a gated residential area exhibit a higher fear of crime level (M=5.84, SD=1.23) when compared to respondents living in a non-gated residential area (M=3.85, SD=1.66). |
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| spelling | oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:87712019-10-23T06:23:39Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8771/ Fear of crime in residential areas / Siti Rasidah Md Sakip, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohd Najib Mohd Salleh Abdullah, Aldrin Mohd Salleh, Mohd Najib Md Sakip, Siti Rasidah Criminology Physical environmental elements such as gated elements are believed to have an effect towards the reduction of fear of crime in residential neighbourhoods. In Malaysia, the typical form of residences is that involving gated individual houses, while residences without gated elements are relatively a new development concept. Therefore, a survey on fear of crime among residents in housing areas with gated and non-gated residences was conducted in Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor and Precinct 9B, Putrajaya. This research discovered that respondents inhabiting a gated residential area exhibit a higher fear of crime level (M=5.84, SD=1.23) when compared to respondents living in a non-gated residential area (M=3.85, SD=1.66). Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying 2013 Article NonPeerReviewed Fear of crime in residential areas / Siti Rasidah Md Sakip, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohd Najib Mohd Salleh. (2013) Asian Journal Of Environment-Behaviour Studies <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Asian_Journal_Of_Environment-Behaviour_Studies/>, 4 (11). pp. 27-38. ISSN 1394-0384 |
| spellingShingle | Criminology Abdullah, Aldrin Mohd Salleh, Mohd Najib Md Sakip, Siti Rasidah Fear of crime in residential areas / Siti Rasidah Md Sakip, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohd Najib Mohd Salleh |
| title | Fear of crime in residential areas / Siti Rasidah Md Sakip, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohd Najib Mohd Salleh |
| title_full | Fear of crime in residential areas / Siti Rasidah Md Sakip, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohd Najib Mohd Salleh |
| title_fullStr | Fear of crime in residential areas / Siti Rasidah Md Sakip, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohd Najib Mohd Salleh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fear of crime in residential areas / Siti Rasidah Md Sakip, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohd Najib Mohd Salleh |
| title_short | Fear of crime in residential areas / Siti Rasidah Md Sakip, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohd Najib Mohd Salleh |
| title_sort | fear of crime in residential areas siti rasidah md sakip aldrin abdullah and mohd najib mohd salleh |
| topic | Criminology |
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