A majority of the world's population resides in urban environments. Findings from prospect refuge theory and broken windows theory suggest that specific environmental aspects and greater urban environment disorder influence how safe the people feel in that environment. In the current investigation, I sought to reevaluate the association between the perceived quality of an urban environment and residents' feelings of safety by utilizing a cross-national, multilevel approach. I obtained nationally representative data from five different surveys conducted by the Eurobarometer (N = 167,212). I estimated multilevel models which suggest that greater urban environment quality relates to increased perceived safety, explaining between 45% and 66% of the variance in perceived safety attributable to cities. Consequently, I provide robust cross-national support for the claim that the environment we live in directly relates to how safe we feel. Ensuring the satisfactory, and high-quality condition of urban environments could be a means of increasing feelings of safety in day-to-day life.
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Univ Iowa, Dept Sociol, W126 Seashore Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAUniv Iowa, Dept Sociol, W126 Seashore Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
Berg, Mark T.
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Lauritsen, Janet L.
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Univ Missouri, Dept Criminol & Criminal Justice, 311 Lucas Hall, St Louis, MO 63121 USAUniv Iowa, Dept Sociol, W126 Seashore Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
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Harvard Univ, John F Kennedy Sch Govt, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Harvard Univ, Program Criminal Justice Policy & Management, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Univ Calif Berkeley, Boalt Hall Sch Law, Berkeley Ctr Criminal Justice, Berkeley, CA 94720 USAHarvard Univ, John F Kennedy Sch Govt, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Braga, Anthony A.
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Bond, Brenda J.
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Suffolk Univ, Sawyer Business Sch, Boston, MA 02114 USAHarvard Univ, John F Kennedy Sch Govt, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
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Rutgers State Univ, Newark, NJ 07102 USA
Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USARutgers State Univ, Newark, NJ 07102 USA
Braga, Anthony A.
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Welsh, Brandon C.
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Northeastern Univ, Boston, MA 02115 USA
Netherlands Inst Study Crime & Law Enforcement, Amsterdam, NetherlandsRutgers State Univ, Newark, NJ 07102 USA
Welsh, Brandon C.
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Schnell, Cory
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Rutgers State Univ, Newark, NJ 07102 USARutgers State Univ, Newark, NJ 07102 USA
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Univ Iowa, Dept Sociol, W126 Seashore Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAUniv Iowa, Dept Sociol, W126 Seashore Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
Berg, Mark T.
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Lauritsen, Janet L.
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Univ Missouri, Dept Criminol & Criminal Justice, 311 Lucas Hall, St Louis, MO 63121 USAUniv Iowa, Dept Sociol, W126 Seashore Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
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Harvard Univ, John F Kennedy Sch Govt, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Harvard Univ, Program Criminal Justice Policy & Management, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Univ Calif Berkeley, Boalt Hall Sch Law, Berkeley Ctr Criminal Justice, Berkeley, CA 94720 USAHarvard Univ, John F Kennedy Sch Govt, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Braga, Anthony A.
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Bond, Brenda J.
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Suffolk Univ, Sawyer Business Sch, Boston, MA 02114 USAHarvard Univ, John F Kennedy Sch Govt, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
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Rutgers State Univ, Newark, NJ 07102 USA
Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USARutgers State Univ, Newark, NJ 07102 USA
Braga, Anthony A.
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Welsh, Brandon C.
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Northeastern Univ, Boston, MA 02115 USA
Netherlands Inst Study Crime & Law Enforcement, Amsterdam, NetherlandsRutgers State Univ, Newark, NJ 07102 USA
Welsh, Brandon C.
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Schnell, Cory
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Rutgers State Univ, Newark, NJ 07102 USARutgers State Univ, Newark, NJ 07102 USA