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Perceiving Vulnerability: Evaluating the Impact of Individual Movement Within Environmental Context

Kail, Rachel
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9479-032X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1659535650493027

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2022, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Criminal Justice.
Several areas of research demonstrate an association between how an individual walks and how they are perceived---including how vulnerable they may be. The current project takes the next step to test the association between walking style and the perception of a walker's vulnerability using an experimental design. Walking style is determined using two researcher-manipulated walks characterized by specific patterns of movement: organized and disorganized. To isolate walking style, walkers are presented using point-light displays. This project includes two independent studies and examines (a) the impact of walking style on the perception of walker vulnerability, (b) the methodological impact of using point-light versus full-light, and (c) if contextual factors such as environment and walker sex impact perceptions of the walker. Results from the two studies indicate that walking style can impact an observer's perception of a walker; organized walks are perceived as less vulnerable than disorganized walks. In addition, the results show that point-light videos receive lower scores on vulnerability measures compared to full-light video, and that women are perceived as more vulnerable than men.
J.C. Barnes, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Alex Piquero, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Brittany Hayes Tsygansky, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
John Eck, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
198 p.
Criminology
Perception; Victim Selection; Experimental Criminology; Victimology; Offender Decision-making; Kinematics

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  • Kail, R. (2022). Perceiving Vulnerability: Evaluating the Impact of Individual Movement Within Environmental Context [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1659535650493027

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kail, Rachel. Perceiving Vulnerability: Evaluating the Impact of Individual Movement Within Environmental Context. 2022. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1659535650493027.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kail, Rachel. "Perceiving Vulnerability: Evaluating the Impact of Individual Movement Within Environmental Context." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1659535650493027

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