Fear of Crime

This mobile phone app primarily was developed for scientific purposes. The app tries to measure fear of crime of its users as well as place (geolocation). The aim of the study is to discover relationships between fear of crime and place. Participants are asked to fill out a very short questionnaire about their current fear of crime twice a day during a period of three weeks. Place is recorded through the GPS function of the mobile phones. Reminders are sent out through WhatsApp. The end of the study is marked by filling out a ten minute long online questionnaire.
Through the app you have the possibility to receive feedback of your weekly and daily statistics as well as to compare your score with the average score of all participants.
The app follows scientific guidelines by using an informed consent and not assessing any identifying information such as name or address. Data will be treated confidentially and will not be passed to any third parties. If you have further question or are interested in participating please send me a message (Anita Lenneis, School of Psychology, University of Vienna, a0901924@unet.univie.ac.at). Participating in the study requires to send me a message with your e-mail address and phone number so that I can contact you.
Please note that because of the time differences participation is only advised in Europe.