What is it about?
This article examines whether there are rural-urban differences in the reported incidents of victimization among Canadian seniors based on their neighborhood characteristics, social capital, and socioeconomic status. The study also explores the effect of these factors on satisfaction with personal safety from crime.
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Why is it important?
Previous studies on elderly abuse have ignored the potential effect of place-based difference in social capital, neighborhood disorderliness, and socioeconomic status on victimization of seniors or their satisfaction with personal safety from crime. Our findings show that indeed a significant proportion of differences in victimization incidents and satisfaction with personal safety is the result of rural-urban residency
Perspectives
The study offers implications for future studies, especially using visualisation to understand place-based differences in elderly abuse incidents. It also offers the potential to explore how sociocultural context of places affect social bonds and it potential impact on incidents of victimization and satisfaction with personal safety among the weak and vulnerable in society.
Dr. Prince Michael Amegbor
Aarhus Universitet
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This page is a summary of: Does place matter? A multilevel analysis of victimization and satisfaction with personal safety of seniors in Canada, Health & Place, September 2018, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.07.005.
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