Factores Ambientais e Psicossociais da Avalia？？o do Risco de Furto por Carteirista: O Caso de Dois Locais em Lisboa

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.