서울시의 안전시설이 여성의 범죄두려움에 미치는 영향 분석 = An Analysis of the Impact of Safety Facilities in Seoul on Women's Fear of Crime

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

(Background and Purpose) Fear of crime emerges from various factors. Among local-level factors, disorderly neighborhoods have been shown to be closely related, and among individual factors, gender has the greatest impact, with women generally feeling more fearful of crime than men. Therefore, this study was initiated with the expectation that improving the local environment could reduce women's fear of crime. Using public data from Seoul, the impact of safety facilities was analyzed in the local environment on women's fear of crime, and through this, it aimed to derive policy improvements that can be applied in practice in Seoul. (Method) First of all, public data related to safety facilities and the number of crime incidents by district in Seoul were consolidated, and items of fear of crime victimization in the Seoul Survey were selected and analyzed. The data analysis procedure was as follows: 1) Correlation analysis was conducted to understand the relationship between safety facilities, crime incident counts, and fear of crime. Based on the results, 2) Regression analysis was performed with the number of crime incidents and safety facilities as independent and dependent variables, respectively. Finally, 3) Regression analysis was conducted between safety facilities and fear of crime. (Results) The analysis showed a statistically significant correlation between safety facilities and the number of crimes for all items. However, the regression analysis did not confirm other than a causal relationship between women's safety centers and the number of 112 calls. This can be interpreted as a result of prioritizing areas with high crime rates when considering the installation of safety facilities. In addition, the fact that there was no significant causal relationship between safety facilities and women's fear of crime proves that the currently installed safety facilities are being located in areas with a high number of crimes, but they do not alleviate the perceived fear of crime among citizens. (Conclusions) As a result of the study, in order to reduce women's fear of crime, there is a need to improve awareness of safety facilities. It is imperative to introduce 'Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design(CPTED)' that takes into account the surrounding environment such as shops and parks, local characteristics, and residents. Additionally, since the type of appropriate safety facility may vary depending on the type of crime, its effectiveness could be maximized if the impact of this is studied in the future.