Is Campus a Place of (In)Security and Crime? Perceptions and Predictors among Higher Education Students.

ABSTRACT: 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., p

SUBMITTER: Azevedo V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8871454 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature