Crime and Social Connectedness in Malaysian Gated Communities

Intan Hashimah Mohd Hashim (), Norzarina Mohd-Zaharim, Premalatha Karupiah, Nor Hafizah Selamat, Noraida Endut and Azwan Azmawati Azman
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Intan Hashimah Mohd Hashim: Universiti Sains Malaysia
Norzarina Mohd-Zaharim: Universiti Sains Malaysia
Premalatha Karupiah: Universiti Sains Malaysia
Nor Hafizah Selamat: Universiti Sains Malaysia
Noraida Endut: Center for Research on Women and Gender, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Azwan Azmawati Azman: Universiti Sains Malaysia

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2019, vol. 144, issue 3, No 8, 1179-1193

Abstract: Abstract This article examines how exposure to crime, perceptions of safety, negative affect associated with exposure to crime and social connectedness predict subjective happiness. A survey was conducted with 240 residents from three gated urban residential areas in Penang Island, Malaysia. The survey assessed background information, exposure to crime, perceptions of safety, negative affect associated with exposure to crime, social connectedness and subjective happiness. The study found social connectedness to be a significant predictor for negative affect associated with crime and subjective happiness. Relationships between exposure to crime, perceptions of safety and subjective happiness were less clear. Exposure to crime and perceptions of safety for this sample may represent more specific experiences that bear lower implications for global assessment such as subjective happiness. This study highlights the need to understand the complex relationships between exposure to crime, perceptions of safety and other contextual factors, all in the context of urban living.

Keywords: Crime; Perceptions of safety; Social connectedness; Subjective happiness; Malaysia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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