SAUTKINA, Elena et al. Environmental and Psychosocial Factors of Pick­‑pocketing Risk Evaluation: The Case of Two Sites in Lisbon. []. , 21, 2, pp.79-97. ISSN 0874-2049.

It is in common knowledge that pick­‑pocketing is a type of crime encountered in urban environments. Based on previously identified environmental and psychosocial factors of spatial representations of security/insecurity, the current research aimed at exploring environmental factors that could affect people’s evaluations, as regards the risk of being pick­‑pocketed. With this purpose, two sites in Lisbon differing mainly in their physical and social environmental features were considered. Results show that strong social bonds within a place may appear very important for evaluation of pick­‑pocketing risk, putting aside and making less important physical layout, whereas in socially heterogeneous places, where social bonds are weaker, physical environment becomes consequently more important for perceptions of safety.

: pick­pocketing; risk evaluation; social bonds; spatial representation.

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