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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Main Authors: Abdullah, Aldrin, Mohd Salleh, Mohd Najib, Md Sakip, Siti Rasidah
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Published: Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying 2013
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spelling uitm-87712019-10-23T06:23:39Z http://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 Abdullah, Aldrin and Mohd Salleh, Mohd Najib and Md Sakip, Siti Rasidah (2013) Fear of crime in residential areas / Siti Rasidah Md Sakip, Aldrin Abdullah and Mohd Najib Mohd Salleh. Asian Journal Of Environment-Behaviour Studies, 4 (11). pp. 27-38. ISSN 1394-0384
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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
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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author Abdullah, Aldrin
Mohd Salleh, Mohd Najib
Md Sakip, Siti Rasidah
author_facet Abdullah, Aldrin
Mohd Salleh, Mohd Najib
Md Sakip, Siti Rasidah
author_sort Abdullah, Aldrin
title 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_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_sort fear of crime in residential areas / siti rasidah md sakip, aldrin abdullah and mohd najib mohd salleh
publisher Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying
publishDate 2013
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/8771/
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