• Korean Security Journal
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• no.13
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• pp.351-382
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• 2007

This study seeks to analyze various aspects of women's fear of sexual crime committed against them within the Seoul metropolitan subway system, which takes center stage in public transportation today in Korea; that is, among different kinds of fear of crime, women's fear of sexual crime is empirically examined, and it is expected that the results of this study shall serve as an important basis for future policy-making, so that the fear of sexual crime against women in the subway system could be reduced. To the end, this study aims first, to investigate the real picture of women's using the subway and their attire, second, to look into the amount of information on such crime obtained and the level of its awareness, third, to analyze the characteristics of the fear of sexual crime in the subway system, and lastly, to empirically examine the relationship between women's regular women's regular attire/their level of information on such crime obtained and their fear of sexual crime. As a quantitative research method to discover facts, this study utilizes reality-analyztical and technical research methods, and for its final statistical analysis, uses questionnaire answered and returned by 509 women, out of a total of 520 female commuters on the Seoul metropolitan subway system who had originally been requested to participate in the survey. The result of this study demonstrates that the level of women's fear of sexual crime on the subway is relatively high. In detail, the higher their monthly income is, the more fearful women feel on the subway; it has also been found that women living in housing they own or in leased housing on deposits (Jeonse) fear sexual crime on the subway more than those living in the other forms of housing. However, the level of fear has been found to be low for those types of sexual crime judged to be relatively unlikely to be committed. Lastly the result of the relationship between women's regular attire/their level of information on such crime obtained and their fear of sexual crime is relatively high and very effective.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.145-146
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• 2018

본 연구는 2014년도 전국범죄피해조사 자료를 통해 10대 청소년 1,161명을 대상으로 구체적 범죄 두려움의 영향요인이 무엇인지 살펴보고 그 근거로 사회복지적 개입방안을 모색하고자 실시되었다. 이를 위해 SAS 9.4와 HLM 6.0프로그램을 사용하였다. 연구 결과 첫째, 개인 수준에서 성별, 장애유무, 취약성인식으로 여자 청소년이 남자 청소년보다, 장애 청소년이 비장애 청소년보다 그리고 청소년이 취약성인식 정도가 높을수록 구체적 범죄 두려움이 높았다. 그러나 지역수준에서는 유의미한 요인이 없었다. 이에 사회복지사는 성별, 장애유무, 취약성인식을 근거로 안전의 욕구에 관심을 갖고 가정-학교-지역사회가 연계한 공동체 운동 및 안전한 마을 만들기 등의 실천적 개입이 요구된다.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.11
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• pp.627-637
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• 2016

A Study on the Fear of Crime and Life Satisfaction: Focused on the mediating effect of interpersonal trust. The purpose of this study was to examine whether fear of crime accounts for life satisfaction, and the interpersonal trust mediating between fear of crime and life satisfaction. The subject of this study was a group of 557 adults above 20 years old in Seoul and Gyeonggi province. The survey was done from July 1st 2015 to August 31 2014. The results are summarized as follows: First, subjects who were women and had higher education showed higher life satisfaction. Second, fear of crime has statistically significant negative effects on life satisfaction. Third, fear of crime has statistically significant negative effects on interpersonal trust. Fourth, interpersonal trust has statistically significant positive effects on life satisfaction. Lastly, interpersonal trust acts as a mediator between fear of crime and life satisfaction. The implication of this study's results is for policy making and it is discussed to promote a higher level of interpersonal trust and increase the level of life satisfaction for residents.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.9
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• pp.362-371
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• 2011

We often find that we, as a social group, share stereotypes of criminals. For the present study we investigated the stereotypes of rapists, and examined if they match their characteristics on the national crime statistics in Korea. Collecting data from 82 college students and 91 police officers, we compared stereotypes about rapists with the characteristics of those reported on the national crime statistics. As a result, we found that both college students and police officers have distorted stereotypes of rapists which are not consistent with their characteristics. More specifically, both college students and police officers believed that rapists came from broken families and that they were likely to have more previous criminal convictions than they actually did. In addition, both college students and police officers believed that rapists tended to recidivate within a short period of time, e.g. 1-3 months, which is much shorter than the time that actually took for them to recidivate. Finally, suggestions for future research were made.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.786-796
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• 2023

The purpose of this study was to examine the influencing factors of perceived safety for CCTV(Closed Circuit Television), and to confirm the correlation between fear of crime, social disorder, physical disorder in the community, and perceived safety for CCTV. Subjects were 140 students from one college located in H city using survey from June 17, 2022 to August 25, 2022. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, and Stepwise multiple regression using the SPSS 23.0 program. As a result of the study, fear of crime was correlated with social disorder, physical disorder among community characteristics, and perceived safety of CCTV. Also, social disorder among community characteristics was correlated with physical disorder, perceived safety of CCTV, and physical disorder was correlated with perceived safety of CCTV. The factors affecting perceived safety for CCTV were fear of crime and social disorder, and the explanatory power was 57.2%(Adjusted R²=.572). In conclusion, it is necessary to improve the perceived safety of CCTV by improving the awareness of fear of crime and social disorder.

• Korean Security Journal
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• no.17
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• pp.173-193
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• 2008

This paper discusses how the strategies for crime prevention are interrelated to sustainable urban development. The sustainable urban development for healthy and safe cities implies regulations or legal, lawful control to reduce fear of crime and prevent substantial threats to health and safety of individual persons as well as of the community. City planners attempt to apply to the strategies for crime prevention their perception of what the sustainable urban development should be with respect to urban environment. Many planners have studied on the possibility of reduction in fear of crime and actual crimes through environmental improvement. The results of their preliminary studies provide specific suggestions to reduce crimes and fear of crime by application of CPTED. This study proposes alternatives in policy necessary for CPTED, which is one of the strategies for crime prevention, to take its place as a useful strategy for making the urban societies safe and sustainable.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.167-168
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• 2011

지역사회경찰활동은 범죄와 무질서, 그리고 범죄에 대한 두려움을 줄이고자 고안되었고, 또한 지역사회의 명백한 요구와 수요를 충족시키기 위해 나타나게 된 하나의 철학이며, 전술이 아니라고 할 수 있다. 지역사회 경찰활동의 기본적 목표를 단순한 범죄의 사후적 통제로부터 더 나아가 범죄예방, 범죄에 대한 시민의 두려움 감소, 공공서비스 강화를 통한 시민생활의 향상으로 확대하여 사전적 예방에 중점을 두고 있다. 우리경찰에서는 현재 지역사회 경찰활동에 관한 여러 가지 정책을 시행해오고 있으며, 이러한 지역 사회경찰활동과 더불어 조현오 경찰청장의 경찰성과주의는 2010년 6월 이후 커다란 이슈가 되어 현재 경찰조직에서 사용되는 평가의 척도로 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 사후적 대처의 성격이 강한 경찰성과주의와 사전적 예방활동의 성격이 강한 지역사회경찰 활동의 주된 내용을 살펴보고, 두 정책의 괴리현상에 대한 문제점을 살펴보도록 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.127-128
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• 2016

본 연구의 목적은 경찰공권력에 대한 인식수준이 범죄안전감에 미치는 영향력을 검증하는 것에 있는데 범죄에 대한 인식을 범죄 두려움을 중심으로 연구하는 경향성을 탈피하여 연구안전감으로 조사하였다는 점이 선행연구와 차별화되며 분석결과 경찰의 범죄대응만족도와 국민의 기초법질서준수인식이 높을수록 그리고 공권력침해수준이 낮을수록 범죄로부터의 안전감을 높게 인식하는 것으로 나타났다.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.31-41
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to identify the determinants of planned behavior of adolescent, toward information security and cyber crime prevention. A survey methodology was used to investigate a proposed model of influence, and regression analysis was used to analyze the results. The hypothesized model was largely supported by this analysis, and the overall results indicate that the intention to actively participate in information security and cyber crime prevention is mostly influenced by the fear for cyber crime and the perceived usefulness of information security and cyber crime prevention activity. In addition, it was found that the perceived easy of use for information-security related ICT skill, fear for cyber crime, and social norm for information security influence the level of usefulness, but that the prior experience with information leaking was statistically insignificant factor to the level of usefulness and fear for crime. Useful suggestions for promoting information security and cyber crime prevention are also provided.

• Korean Security Journal
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• no.42
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• pp.335-360
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• 2015

Police is an organization that provides service to the public. Police service is focusing on enforcing the law and solving the problem to improve the relationship between police and the public within the society. To accomplish their goal, police should build a better relationship with the public. In the current study, the researcher focused on factors of police service quality, community policing, fear of crime, police-citizen relationship, and the relationship among citizens. The current study used the interview methods for collecting data of 371 individuals from Seoul metro area and resulted that each factors had a causal relationship but police-citizen relationship and citizen-citizen relationship did not show the statistically significant results. Based on this study, the research provided critics and implications.