Leah Johnson (FGCU): Violent Crime

Many people live there lives in fear. Fear of being raped, mugged, robbed, etc. As we watch the news and notice that crime rate in certain areas drop many of our attitudes change slightly toward the subject of crime. Americans tend to see problems as more severe on the national level than at their own local level and perceptions of crime appear to be no different. Many people are affraid to walk alone in places at night. Women pick up on areas in which they tend to steer away from when walking alone with the feeling of it being a place where a crime could be committed. Men tend to not be as afraid as women are when walking alone or in a certain area of a neighborhood alone. Some men carry themselves as if they are very strong and unstoppable while others are timid, the more you show that you are affraid the more attention you are attracting to be a victim of a crime.

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