Abstract

--- - "Aim: This article analizes psychometric properties of a Fear of crime scale from a psychosocial perspective." - "Methodology: An Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and a Confirmatory Factor Analysis were conducted. Sample was composed of by 443 university students from Sinaloa, Mexico. Average age of participants was 21.32 years (SD=2.23)." - "Results: A theoretical structure of fear of crime was explored through two confirmatory models: one of first order and another from second order. Scale presented satisfactory reliability and goodness of fit." - "Conclusions: Results confirm a second order model in the explanation of the psychosocial and polysemic construction of fear of crime."