本研究之目的為探討台灣一般市民對青少年犯罪原因之認知。本研究於2003年3月郵寄研究問卷予隨機抽取之台中市1000名市民,共回收343名有效問卷(女性208名、男性135名)。研究問卷為戴、大淵(2002)以日本人為樣本之問卷繁體中文直譯版。本研究要求受試者針對青少年犯罪之五大領域原因(人格、家庭、學校、地區、社會)進行64題之Likert式五點量表認知評估。針對各領域進行主成分分析,斜交轉軸因子分析,五領域合計抽出20個原因因子,顯示台灣一般市民對於青少年犯罪原因有廣泛的複數認知,其中對於人格、家庭、學校以及社會等領域之相關問題有較強認知。年代X性別X因子之多變量變異數分析結果顯示:年長者較重視人格問題而年輕人較重視外在環境因素。男性受試者較女性受試者重視家庭因素。本研究以歸因理論(基本歸因誤謬、自利歸因、團體利益歸因)提出解釋:年長者因基本歸因誤謬影響,傾向以人格問題來解釋少年犯罪之原因,年輕人則因自利歸因影響而傾向環境因素。
This study was to understand the relationship between individual and community factors and fear crime. The individual factors included gender, education, and direct and indirect experiences of victimization. On the other hand, the community factors contained community integration, deviant sub-cultural symbols, monitoring systems, and community equipments. The sample of this study consisted of 995 parents of junior high and primary school student in Tainan. The results of the study indicated that gender, direct and indirect experiences of victimization, community integration, deviant sub-cultural symbols, and monitoring system played an important role in the explanation of fear crime. However, individual education and community equipment were not related to fear crime. According to the findings, the study also mentioned some suggestions to researchers in the future study.