It discovered significant associations among high impact, high fear, and high security-conscious behavior. The program either increased participants' fear or reinforced existing levels of fear. Thus, senior citizens might not be motivated to take precautionary measures to prevent crime unless their fear of crime reaches a high enough level. However, increased fear was not always associated with a commensurate increase in security conscious behavior. Overall, fear of crime might need to be increased initially, or reinforced if already high, in order to achieve the program's ultimate goal of increasing security-conscious behavior. Study data, note, and 16 references are supplied. (Author abstract modified)