ABSTRACT

This study examined attitudes toward campus carry – a policy that would permit individuals to carry concealed firearms on a university’s grounds if they possess a permit. Survey data were collected from a sample of 1,380 members of a campus community – undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff – at a medium-sized public university in Pennsylvania whose legislation leaves the decision of campus carry up to the institutions. The majority of the sample reported non-supportive attitudes toward the implementation of campus carry. However, the degree of support and general attitudes toward the policy varied with undergraduate students having the most supportive attitudes of campus carry, followed by graduate students, staff, and then faculty. Certain demographic variables along with other campus-related variables, such as a fear of victimization, predicted campus carry attitudes. The research findings are discussed in terms of both research and policy implications.

摘要

这项研究检查了人们对校园携带的态度，这项政策允许个人在拥有许可的情况下以大学为理由携带隐藏的枪支。调查数据是从宾夕法尼亚州一所中型公立大学的1380名校园社区成员（本科生，研究生，教师和教职员工）中收集的，其立法决定了校园对机构的继承权。大部分样本报告了对实施校园随身携带的不支持态度。但是，对政策的支持程度和一般态度有所不同，其中本科生对校园持最支持的态度，其次是研究生，教职员工，然后是教职员工。某些人口统计变量以及其他与校园相关的变量，例如害怕受害，预言校园的态度。从研究和政策意义两方面对研究结果进行了讨论。