Is Campus a Place of (In)Security and Crime? Perceptions and Predictors among Higher Education Students
This paper addresses subjective insecurity, namely perceptions of (in)security and criminal variables on campus among Portuguese higher education students. Additionally, predictors of perceptions of (in)security and gender differences were also examined. The participants were 775 students and data w...
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| description | This paper addresses subjective insecurity, namely perceptions of (in)security and criminal variables on campus among Portuguese higher education students. Additionally, predictors of perceptions of (in)security and gender differences were also examined. The participants were 775 students and data were collected through the “Diagnosis of Local Security Questionnaire”. Robbery, physical assault, theft, and sexual offenses were the most feared crimes. Additionally, robbery, theft, and public property damage were perceived as the most common on campus. Alcohol/drug consumption and juvenile conflicts/delinquency were the main reasons justifying criminal occurrences. Sociodemographic variables such as gender, age, education, and years of campus attendance, as well as criminal variables (e.g., perceived trend of crime, criminal occurrences, and crime promoters) predicted perceptions of (in)security. Females reported more fear than males of robbery, sexual offenses, physical aggression, and domestic violence. Therefore, preventive measures, including in the social domain and physical spaces, are mandatory to reduce violence on campus. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-949c108de0eb4c4eaa22474e28c80cef2023-11-23T19:38:15ZengMDPI AGEuropean Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education2174-81442254-96252022-02-0112219320810.3390/ejihpe12020015Is Campus a Place of (In)Security and Crime? Perceptions and Predictors among Higher Education StudentsVanessa Azevedo0Laura M. Nunes1Ana Sani2Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), 4249-004 Porto, PortugalFaculty of Human and Social Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), 4249-004 Porto, PortugalFaculty of Human and Social Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa (UFP), 4249-004 Porto, PortugalThis paper addresses subjective insecurity, namely perceptions of (in)security and criminal variables on campus among Portuguese higher education students. Additionally, predictors of perceptions of (in)security and gender differences were also examined. The participants were 775 students and data were collected through the “Diagnosis of Local Security Questionnaire”. Robbery, physical assault, theft, and sexual offenses were the most feared crimes. Additionally, robbery, theft, and public property damage were perceived as the most common on campus. Alcohol/drug consumption and juvenile conflicts/delinquency were the main reasons justifying criminal occurrences. Sociodemographic variables such as gender, age, education, and years of campus attendance, as well as criminal variables (e.g., perceived trend of crime, criminal occurrences, and crime promoters) predicted perceptions of (in)security. Females reported more fear than males of robbery, sexual offenses, physical aggression, and domestic violence. Therefore, preventive measures, including in the social domain and physical spaces, are mandatory to reduce violence on campus.https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/12/2/15violencecollegeuniversitycriminalitydiagnosis of local securitysubjective insecurity |
| spellingShingle | Vanessa Azevedo Laura M. Nunes Ana Sani Is Campus a Place of (In)Security and Crime? Perceptions and Predictors among Higher Education Students European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education violence college university criminality diagnosis of local security subjective insecurity |
| title | Is Campus a Place of (In)Security and Crime? Perceptions and Predictors among Higher Education Students |
| title_full | Is Campus a Place of (In)Security and Crime? Perceptions and Predictors among Higher Education Students |
| title_fullStr | Is Campus a Place of (In)Security and Crime? Perceptions and Predictors among Higher Education Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is Campus a Place of (In)Security and Crime? Perceptions and Predictors among Higher Education Students |
| title_short | Is Campus a Place of (In)Security and Crime? Perceptions and Predictors among Higher Education Students |
| title_sort | is campus a place of in security and crime perceptions and predictors among higher education students |
| topic | violence college university criminality diagnosis of local security subjective insecurity |
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