Territorial Functioning and Victimization in Housing Area

2nd International Conference on Architecture and Civil Engineering

土木建筑工程

Hany Haron, Syarmila^1

School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia^1

关键词: Crime Prevention;    Malaysia;    Residents' perceptions;    Structural equation modeling;    Territorial Functioning;    Victimization;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/401/1/012006/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/401/1/012006

学科分类：土木及结构工程学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Territorial functioning represents a collection of behaviors, markers, and attitudes expressed by people in small groups as a way to manage their environments and the spaces they physically occupy. This paper examines attitudes and marking behavior associated with territorial functioning by residents of two housing areas in Malaysia that differ in terms of land uses and in residents' perceptions of the level of crime in their neighborhoods. In the study, 144 participants participated in the survey. They reported levels of crime similar to the ones reported in the British survey of crime in 2015. The data generated by the survey were then analyzed using PSS; descriptive and structural equation modeling that combined the three elements of territorial functioning - behavior, markers, and attitudes - to create an overall measure of territorial functioning. The results of the analysis indicated that territorial functioning is negatively associated with the number of break-ins of homes in a neighborhood regardless of the type of neighborhood.