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high risk of crime feel more insecure to go out at night (51.3% of cases against
27.6% of the average).
In the observed period unsafe people when outside in the evening
decreased over time, so as people using some individual strategy of defense;
while unsafe people at home increased. No variation over time for cognitive
fear of the above specified crimes, but social decay indicators have increased
over time.
The multivariate analysis of the considered indicators over time allow to
identify 6 profiles of individuals according to their safety feelings related to
objective fear of specific crimes, to the social decay of the area where they live,
to the presence of police, and are characterized by demographic
characteristics as sex and age, by the geographical area and by the type of
municipality where they live.
The first group represent men of 35-64 years old, living in the center of
metropolitan area or municipalities with more than 1000 inhabitants, in the
Centre and North (Lazio, Toscana and Veneto, and at a lesser extent in Emilia
Romagna and Lombardy) and in Sardinia: the live in decayed areas but with a
good control by the police: such people feel safe and go out in the evening;
notwithstanding the decay of their living area worsened over time.
The second group is similar to the previous one with the main exception
of younger males (less than 44 years old) living in other regions in the North
(Trentino Alto Adige; Friuli Venezia Giulia; Valle d’Aosta; Liguria; Piemonte), in
the Centre (Toscana and Marche); in the South (Molise and Basilicata) and in
the two main Islands. It differs from the previous group as decay decreased
over time, so as worrying about crimes and the perceived risk of criminality.
Third cluster is of vulnerable people: women over 55 years old, living in
small or medium municipalities in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Marche, Abruzzo,
Toscana, Piemonte e Sicilia: they feel unsafe both at home than outside in the
evening, in areas where social decay increased over time.
The fourth cluster represent unsafe people with no main reason: 70% are
men, over 64 years old, living in small municipalities (less than 10000
inhabitants), mainly in the north (Trentino alto Adige, ; Valle d’Aosta; Friuli
Venezia Giulia, Liguria) at a lesser extent in Umbria, Molise, Basilicata and
Sardinia. Their fear looks difficult to be addressed as it remain constant
notwithstanding the improvements of the area where they live in term of social
decay.
The fifth and sixth clusters are mainly of women. The former represent
young and adult women (half are 35-54 years old), unsafe and very worried
and feared to be victims of crime, living in decayed areas: they live mainly in
metropolitan areas in half the case, in Lombardy, Campania, Lazio and Puglia.
Their situations worsened over time and they are very unsatisfied of the police
and use defense systems for the house. The latter cluster represent younger

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