2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Revisiting Broken-windows theory: identifying and intervening meso-level environmental factors that affect crime and disorder
| Project/Area Number |
26380864
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Social psychology
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| Research Institution | National Research Institute of Police Science |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
雨宮 護 筑波大学, システム情報系, 准教授 (60601383)
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| Research Collaborator |
HANYU Kazunori
OHYAMA Tomoya
MOTOYAMA Yui
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | 公共空間 / 性犯罪 / ながら歩き / 犯罪不安 / GIS / 命令的規範 / フィールド実験 / ナッジ |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The research utilized 2 incidents studies, 2 observation studies and 3 social surveys to examine the process where mezzo-level environmental factors affects crime, disorder and crime prevention behavior, and finally results in fear of crime, along with neighborhood SES and crime prevention activities. Crime and disorder include stranger-sexual assault in public space and graffiti and vacant houses. Crime prevention behaviors include use of lock while going out and device use while walking. The research also conducted 2 field intervention studies where signs can suppress smoking outside designated smoking area.
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| Free Research Field |
応用心理学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
街路，公園などのメソレベルの住環境は，人間の基本的な活動基盤であり，そこでの安全・安心の確保は大きな社会的な意義がある。近年，人口減少による空き家・空き地の増加や都市環境の維持管理の問題が指摘されており，本研究はその問題にも対応する。また，秩序違反の削減にはこれまで禁止メッセージが多用されてきたが，本研究は，環境への緩やかな介入が，望ましい行動を喚起できる可能性を示した。
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