NCJ Number
153759
Editor(s)
B S Fisher,
J J Sloan III
Date Published
1995
Length
286 pages
Annotation
Legal, social, and policy contexts of crime and security on college and university campuses are addressed in 12 essays that focus on specific campus crime topics.
Abstract
The first three essays consider the legal context of campus crime and security by identifying major areas of liability confronting colleges and universities whose students have been crime victims; strengths and weaknesses of the Student Right-to- Know and Campus Security Act of 1990; and recent State legislation designed to require colleges and universities to report their campus crime statistics, security policies, and related information. Five essays explore the social context of campus crime and security, the first of which focuses on the relationship between campus crime and community crime. The subsequent four essays look at the relationship between university faculty victimization, individual demographics, and routine activities; fear of crime and actual crime at a Canadian university; female victimization on college campuses; and perceived risk and fear of victimization among students, faculty, and staff at an urban university. Three essays discuss security issues on campus, particularly forces and issues that affect the way college administrators address security issues on campus, the professionalization of campus law enforcement, and the application of community-based policing on college and university campuses. References, notes, and tables