ABSTRACT Despite the rising crime rates on U.S. university campuses, few empirical studies—either quantitative or qualitative—have examined the rate of fearfulness among college students. The present analysis supplements previous efforts by exploring racial effects on college students' feelings of fearfulness and determines the influence of individual characteristics on white and nonwhite students' fear of crime. Using cross-sectional data from a large public university in the United States, results show that nonwhite students have greater levels of fear of crime on campus than their white counterparts. Moreover, gender and perceived police effectiveness also influenced students' levels of fear of crime. The effects were true for both white and nonwhite students.

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大学生对犯罪的恐惧感不同：种族因素

摘要尽管美国大学校园中的犯罪率上升，但很少有实证研究（无论是定量的还是定性的）都检查了大学生的恐惧程度。本分析通过探讨种族影响对大学生恐惧感的影响，并确定了个体特征对白人和非白人学生对犯罪的恐惧的影响，补充了先前的努力。使用来自美国一所大型公立大学的横截面数据，结果显示，非白人学生比白人学生对校园犯罪的恐惧程度更高。此外，性别和警察的有效感知能力也影响了学生对犯罪的恐惧程度。对于白人和非白人学生来说，这种影响都是正确的。