International students' fear of crime : an Australian case study

Survey on 610 international students studying in Melbourne, Australia, during 2009 and 2010 - majority experienced racially oriented victimisation - fear of victimisation because of their ethnic origin - opportunities for socialization help them to feel safe about an environment but also increases l...

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Published inAustralian & New Zealand journal of criminology Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 77 - 99
Main Authors Xiong, Lin, Nyland, Christopher, Sue Fisher, Bonnie, Smyrnios, Kosmas X
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.03.2017
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Case studies
Criminology
Decisions
Ethnicity
Fear & phobias
Fear of crime
Foreign students
Interest groups
Minorities
Services for
Social disorganization
Social integration
Socialization
Students, Foreign
Study abroad
Unsafe
Victimization
Victims of crime
Australia
Melbourne Victoria Australia
social integration
social disorder
Fear of crime
safety
international students
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Summary:Survey on 610 international students studying in Melbourne, Australia, during 2009 and 2010 - majority experienced racially oriented victimisation - fear of victimisation because of their ethnic origin - opportunities for socialization help them to feel safe about an environment but also increases levels of fear of crime - implications for stakeholders in countries that host international students.
Bibliography:AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY, Vol. 50, No. 1, March 2017, 77-99
Informit, Melbourne (Vic)
Includes appendix, tables, notes, references
ISSN:0004-8658
1837-9273
DOI:10.1177/0004865815608676