An Examination of the Shadow of Sexual Assault Hypothesis Among Men and Women in South Korea

• Published in: International criminal justice review Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 386 - 405
• Main Authors: Choi, Jaeyong, Yim, Haneul, Lee, Daniel R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2020; College of Public and Urban Affairs, Georgia State University
• Subjects: Crime; Criminal justice; Fear & phobias; Fear of crime; Females; Gender differences; Hypotheses; Neighborhoods; Offenses; Robustness; Sex crimes; Victims of crime; South Korea; fear of sexual assault; South Korea; shadow of sexual assault

Using a South Korean sample from 2010 National Crime Victim Survey, the current research examined the gender differences of fear of four different types of crime testing the shadow of sexual assault thesis, which asserts that sexual assault operates as a master offense for females. The current study...