NCJ Number
164720
Journal
Criminal Justice Policy Review Volume: 7 Issue: 2 Dated: (1995) Pages: 185-201
Date Published
1996
Length
17 pages
Annotation
Campus crime and associated police resources for colleges and universities are analyzed using information from a survey of Florida's campus police chiefs.
Abstract
The analysis also used crime statistics and its adjacent city and surrounding county for 1989 and 1990, as well as university demographic and police resource information. The research focused on comparisons of crime among campuses and between campuses and their surrounding communities and differences among the universities regarding the ratios of police resources to campus demographic features such as the number of students, campus acreage, the number of buildings, and building square footage. Results revealed that the university system experienced the full range of crimes. The nine universities varied in the total number of crimes. The majority of crimes were property crimes, particularly larceny. The universities also varied in police resources in relation to various campus and student factors. The index, violent, and property crime rate at each campus was lower than the corresponding crime rate for the city or county. Findings suggested that campus police decisionmakers should conduct periodic reviews of crime trends on their own and similar campuses and use the data to develop strategies. The cost of hiring and training police personnel also suggests that using technological advances in security equipment may be more practical for improving campus security than will adding more police personnel. Notes, tables, list of laws cited, and 13 references