Assessing Fear of Crime

Testing the vulnerability hypothesis and cultivation theory in Brazil, Portugal, and the United States

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fear of crime, cultivation theory, vulnerability hypothesis, measurement validation

Abstract

The identification of fear of crime as a problem as serious as crime itself has been the subject of political debate and scientific investigation. This study explores fear of crime in three countries, Brazil, Portugal, and the United States, drawing on the theories of vulnerability and cultivation. Three independent samples were collected (Brazil: n = 226 respondents, M = 24.69 years, SD = 6.86; 61.9% female; Portugal: n = 305 respondents, M = 19.81 years, SD = 2.44; 74.1% female; USA: n = 325 respondents, M = 36.43 years, SD = 10.71; 54.2% male), and a fear of crime scale was administered. Statistical procedures included confirmatory factor analyses to assess the scale’s structure, measurement invariance tests across countries, and multiple regression analyses to examine the effects of variables such as gender, age, and media consumption. The main findings support the adequacy of a brief measure that can be employed in future studies across Brazil, Portugal, and the United States. Furthermore, the results suggest that Portugal provides empirical support for the cultivation theory. Regarding the vulnerability hypothesis, both Brazil and Portugal showed significant associations with gender, but not with age. In the United States, neither hypothesis was confirmed.

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Author Biographies

Thiago Gomes Nascimento, University of Brasília (UNB), Brasília, Federal District, Brazil.

Doctor of Management Sciences from Aix-Marseille University, France. Currently, he works in two postgraduate programs at the University of Brasília (UnB) — the Postgraduate Program in Behavioral Sciences and the Professional Master's Program in Public Administration —, in addition to being affiliated with the Professional Master's Program in Public Policy at the Catholic University of Brasília.

Cláudio Vaz Torres, University of Brasília (UNB), Brasília, Federal District, Brazil.

PhD in Cross-Cultural Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology. Currently affiliated with the Postgraduate Program in Behavioral Sciences at the University of Brasília (UnB).

Dália Costa, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.

Doctor of Family Sociology, with a degree obtained from the Open University in Portugal. Currently, she maintains institutional affiliation with the Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies (CIEG), which is part of the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP) of the University of Lisbon.

Breno Giovanni Adaid Castro, University of Brasília (UNB), Brasília, Federal District, Brazil.

Doctor of Administration, awarded by the University of Brasília (UnB). Currently, he is institutionally affiliated with the Postgraduate Program in Behavioral Sciences, also at the University of Brasília.

Henny Kamilla Ramos de Lima, University of Brasília (UNB), Brasília, Federal District, Brazil.

Doctor of Genomic Sciences and Biotechnology, having obtained her degree from the Catholic University of Brasília. Currently maintains her institutional affiliation with the Postgraduate Program in Behavioral Sciences at the University of Brasília.

Amanda Almeida Paiva, University of Brasília (UNB), Brasília, Federal District, Brazil.

Master's degree in Administration, awarded by the University of Brasília (UnB). Her current institutional affiliation is with the Postgraduate Program in Behavioral Sciences, also at the University of Brasília.

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2025-11-28

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Gomes Nascimento, T., Vaz Torres, C., Costa, D., Giovanni Adaid Castro, B., Ramos de Lima, H. K., & Almeida Paiva, A. (2025). Assessing Fear of Crime: Testing the vulnerability hypothesis and cultivation theory in Brazil, Portugal, and the United States . Psico, 56(1), e47308. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2025.1.47308

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