Research Article

PERCEIVED SAFETY AND AFFECTING FACTORS IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS

Volume: 9 Number: 2 June 20, 2021
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PERCEIVED SAFETY AND AFFECTING FACTORS IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS

Abstract

This study intends to explore how various aspects of safety such as criminal acts, public order, and sense of community contribute to ‘perceived safety’. A questionnaire was applied to 1050 individuals that comprise the sample set living within the urban sprawl of İzmit city. People were asked to rate their evaluations on a set of safety issues in the neighborhood they live, such as crime acts, public disorder, community relationships. Investigating relevance of these issues versus perceived safety is important to understand characteristics of perceived safety in an urbanizing city subject to industrialization and immigration. Primary demographic variables: gender, age, income, and education level were also explored for their relation with perceived safety in the city. Using the quantitative method of surveying and statistical analysis, several outcomes were inferred. Accordingly, perceived safety in the city is highly associated with peoples’ opinion about crime incidences and other safety and public order issues. Community attachment has a moderate influence on perceived safety, where more connected communities are likely to feel more safe. Descriptive statistics and tests showed that perceived safety with respect to gender differs, where female feel less safe. Perceived safety versus education level and income also showed some sort of relation pattern. However, this was attributed to the fact that poor and disintegrated urban neighborhoods are more likely to suffer from crime, rather than poverty brings lack of feel of safety.Using the quantitative method of surveying and statistical analysis, several outcomes were inferred. Accordingly, perceived safety in the city is highly associated with peoples’ opinion about crime incidences and other safety and public order issues. Community attachment has a moderate influence on perceived safety, where more connected communities are likely to feel more safe. Descriptive statistics and tests showed that perceived safety with respect to gender differs, where female feel less safe. Perceived safety against education level and Perceived safety against income also showed some sort of relation pattern. However, this was attributed to the fact that poor and disintegrated urban neighborhoods are more likely to suffer from crime, rather than poverty brings lack of feel of safety.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 20, 2021

Submission Date

January 15, 2020

Acceptance Date

June 1, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 9 Number: 2

APA
Gerçek, D., & Güven, İ. T. (2021). PERCEIVED SAFETY AND AFFECTING FACTORS IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS. Mühendislik Bilimleri Ve Tasarım Dergisi, 9(2), 554-560. https://doi.org/10.21923/jesd.675141
AMA
1.Gerçek D, Güven İT. PERCEIVED SAFETY AND AFFECTING FACTORS IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS. JESD. 2021;9(2):554-560. doi:10.21923/jesd.675141
Chicago
Gerçek, Deniz, and İsmail Talih Güven. 2021. “PERCEIVED SAFETY AND AFFECTING FACTORS IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS”. Mühendislik Bilimleri Ve Tasarım Dergisi 9 (2): 554-60. https://doi.org/10.21923/jesd.675141.
EndNote
Gerçek D, Güven İT (June 1, 2021) PERCEIVED SAFETY AND AFFECTING FACTORS IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS. Mühendislik Bilimleri ve Tasarım Dergisi 9 2 554–560.
IEEE
[1]D. Gerçek and İ. T. Güven, “PERCEIVED SAFETY AND AFFECTING FACTORS IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS”, JESD, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 554–560, June 2021, doi: 10.21923/jesd.675141.
ISNAD
Gerçek, Deniz - Güven, İsmail Talih. “PERCEIVED SAFETY AND AFFECTING FACTORS IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS”. Mühendislik Bilimleri ve Tasarım Dergisi 9/2 (June 1, 2021): 554-560. https://doi.org/10.21923/jesd.675141.
JAMA
1.Gerçek D, Güven İT. PERCEIVED SAFETY AND AFFECTING FACTORS IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS. JESD. 2021;9:554–560.
MLA
Gerçek, Deniz, and İsmail Talih Güven. “PERCEIVED SAFETY AND AFFECTING FACTORS IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS”. Mühendislik Bilimleri Ve Tasarım Dergisi, vol. 9, no. 2, June 2021, pp. 554-60, doi:10.21923/jesd.675141.
Vancouver
1.Deniz Gerçek, İsmail Talih Güven. PERCEIVED SAFETY AND AFFECTING FACTORS IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS. JESD. 2021 Jun. 1;9(2):554-60. doi:10.21923/jesd.675141

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