Fear of Crime Victimization and its Impact on Psychological Well-Being: A Research in Punjab University, Lahore

By Arbab Uddin

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Sociology - Law and Delinquency, grade: 3.00, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this research is to find out the association between fear of crime victimization and how it effects the psychological well-being of adults residing in Lahore. The objective of this research is to determine that the fear of crime victimization effects the psychological well-being of adults in Lahore who have always been victims to any of the many incidents happening around time. This research has been conducted to know to what extent the psychological well-being of people is being disturbed because of crime. The research was carried out at the University of the punjab from various of its departments. A sample size of 200 respondents was taken into account and it varied from workers, students and faculty members. We used random sampling to gather data from our respondents. We developed a questionnaire based on 38 questions. After the development of the questionnaire we randomly asked people to fill up the questionnaire upon their consent. The data collected was checked and edited for clarity, legibility, relevance and adequacy. For this purpose, SPSS 21 was used to analyze data in the form of Frequencies, Percentage and Graphs. With the help of our findings it was concluded that there is high association of fear of crime victimization and psychological well-being. The results of the findings were 0.02 which shows that the association between psychological well-being and fear of crime victimization is high.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3668619433
• ISBN13: 9783668619432
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Length: 20 Pages
• Weight: 0.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"