Bowman, Scott W.Roche, Sean P.Grajeda, Karina Alexandra2020-07-312020-07-312020-08Grajeda, K. A. (2020). <i>Hispanic/Latino(a)s fear of crime in comparison to white males and females</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/12261The purpose of this research was to examine if the Hispanic/Latino(a)s population expressed higher levels of fear of crime in comparison to their Non-Hispanic (White) counterparts. A total of 488 Hispanic/Latino(a)s and Non-Hispanic (White) participants were self-selected to participate in this study. The independent measures include education, past victimization, neighborhood incivilities, perceived informal social control, race/ethnicity, and gender. The only dependent measure used in this study was fear of crime. Results indicated that Hispanic/Latinos(a), neighborhood incivilities, and gender were significant predictors of fear of crime. Vulnerability theory was used in tandem to explain why fear of crime occurs within the Hispanic/Latino(a)s population.Text89 pages1 file (.pdf)enRaceEthnicityFear of crimeGenderHispanicsLatinosVulnerability (Personality trait)Fear of crimeThesis