Perceptions of safety confronted by experience: How visitors to Istanbul modified their perceptions of risk and fear in the light of personal experience
| Published date | 01 September 2020 |
| Author | Mine Özaşçılar,Neylan Ziyalar,Rob I Mawby |
| DOI | 10.1177/0269758019864726 |
| Date | 01 September 2020 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Article
Perceptions of safety
confronted by experience:
How visitors to Istanbul
modified their perceptions
of risk and fear in the light
of personal experience
Rob I Mawby
Harper Adams University, UK
Mine O
¨zas¸c¸ılar
Bahcesehir University, Turkey
Neylan Ziyalar
Istanbul University, Turkey
Abstract
This paper compares the perceptions of risk and safety of those arriving on a visit to Istanbul with a
similar sample of those returning from their trip. While the twosamples are of different individuals,
the research does provide a proxy measure of change, or lack of it, in the light of personal expe-
rience. In this sense, it offers an advantage over traditional crime surveys that present a snapshot of
perceptions at onepoint in time. The findings are discussedin the context of more general research
on fear of crime and perceptions of risk, and how these are – or are not – influenced by personal
experience.
Keywords
Fear of crime, perceptions of safety, changing perceptions, impact of experience
Corresponding author:
Rob I Mawby, Rural Security Research Group, Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8NB, UK.
Email: professorrobmawby@hotmail.com
International Review of Victimology
2020, Vol. 26(3) 261–275
ªThe Author(s) 2019
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