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24 Deviant Behav. 1 (2003)

handle is hein.journals/devbh24 and id is 1 raw text is: Deviant Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 24:1-26, 2003 Taylor & Francis Copyright ( 2003 Taylor & Francis Taylo&FrniGrp 0163-9625/03 $12.00 + .00 DOI: 10.1080/01639620390117165 ethnicity, information sources, and fear of crime Jodi Lane University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA James W. Meeker University of California, Irvine, California, USA Using data from a 1997 random digit dial survey of Orange County, California residents, this article examines the indirect victimization thesis regarding the effects of mass media on perceived risk and fear of crime among whites and Latinos. Using structural equation models, we analyze the differential effects of television and newspapers when used as the primary source of information about crime. For whites, relying on the newspaper has a negative indirect impact on fear through perceived risk, but television has no effects. For Latinos, newspaper has no effects on fear, but television has both a positive direct effect and indirect effect on fear through perceived risk. Received 21 June 2001; accepted 4 April 2002. The National Institute of Justice (96-lJ-CX-0030) and Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (96-CN-WX-0019) funded this research. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 1999 American Society of Criminology Meetings in Toronto, Canada. The authors would like to thank the Orange County Chiefs' and Sheriff's Association Gang Strategy Steering Committee, Winnie Reed, Bryan Vila, Doug Wiebe, Katie Parsons, and Tom Fossati fortheir invaluable project assistance. Wewould also liketothank Karen Parker and Chuck Frazier for their comments on this paper. Address correspondence to Jodi Lane, Center for Studies in Criminology and Law, P.O. Box 115950, 201 Walker Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-5950. E-mail: jlane@crim.ufl.edu 1

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