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Is campus a place of (in)security and crime? perceptions and predictors among higher education students

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dc.contributor.authorAzevedo, Vanessa
dc.contributor.authorNunes, Laura M.
dc.contributor.authorSani, Ana Isabel
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-17T09:41:21Z
dc.date.available2022-08-17T09:41:21Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThis 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.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationAzevedo, V.; Nunes, L.M.; Sani, A. 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. 2022, 12, 193–208. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ejihpe12020015pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ejihpe12020015pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2254-9625
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10284/11065
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relationThis research was funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), grant number “PTDC/DIR-DCP/28120/2017” (Project LookCrim—Looking at crime: Communities and physical spaces).pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectViolencept_PT
dc.subjectCollegept_PT
dc.subjectUniversitypt_PT
dc.subjectCriminalitypt_PT
dc.subjectDiagnosis of local securitypt_PT
dc.subjectSubjective insecuritypt_PT
dc.titleIs campus a place of (in)security and crime? perceptions and predictors among higher education studentspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage208pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue2pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage193pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleEuropean Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Educationpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume12pt_PT
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person.givenNameLaura M.
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