Building and validating the test (measurement)scale of fear of crime, in the women

The aim of this study is to build and validate the scale of fear of crime, in the women. The statistical society includes a number of the employed women in Babol, and the statistical sample was chosen, on the basis of cochran formula, 200 people. For preparing the research tools, after confirming the content validity of the items, and interviewing with the scope of sociology of the social harms scope and reviewing the social issues, the intended questionnaire, was prepared after radiating the content validation of the items, to remove the ambiguity and recognize the possible problems of the test, some people were requested to answer the questionnaire and define the unclear phrases and words. Following for implementation this test, the form of some items, was changed, but not of them was deleted. For analyzing the investigation data, the exploratory factor analysis test with the software spss 24 and confirmatory factor analysis of the second stage with the software lisrel 8.8. was used. The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated using cronbach Alpha method. The findings showed that the built test measures twelve dimensions. Considering the amount of earned validity the questionnaire of fear from crime in women, is a suitable tool to measure the ability and capacities for the fear of the crime in the women.