Perceptions of Danger: How Risk Assessments Underpin Attitudes on Crime and Intimate Partner Violence - Couverture souple

Kras, Helen Rabello

 
9781009537049: Perceptions of Danger: How Risk Assessments Underpin Attitudes on Crime and Intimate Partner Violence
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1009537040 ISBN 13 : 9781009537049
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Synopsis

This Element explores how citizens understand general crime and violence against women, especially intimate partner violence (IPV). Drawing on interdisciplinary literature, this Element makes the case that cognitive heuristics and risk assessments, in particular, shape the way people see crime versus IPV. The central argument is that cognitive heuristics that generate risk perceptions help us understand why the public worries excessively about crime, with important political consequences, while downplaying IPV. This fosters distinct attitudes toward IPV and general crime. Accordingly, this Element sheds light on why victim-blaming is so prevalent in the context of IPV. Using original survey experiments from Brazil and Mexico, the study shows that respondents attribute more responsibility for prevention to the victim for IPV than for general crimes, display optimism bias with acquaintance victimization, and approve different types of policy remedies to deal with general crime and IPV.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2026
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1009537040
ISBN 13 
9781009537049
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
96
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Avery
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