ABSTRACT

Although there has been an increase in research on support for campus carry laws, few studies have examined how these laws influence campus safety. Using longitudinal data from a university sample, this study compares measures of campus safety before and after the adoption of a campus carry law. We found statistically significant increases in perceptions of campus as unsafe, fear of crime, lack of confidence in campus police, fearful conflicts, and carrying a gun on campus, but no change in violent victimization. Some changes differed for faculty/administrators, staff, and students. Also, in our exploratory multivariate analyses, we found that other factors could not explain much of the variation in changes in campus safety perceptions; these changes are likely due to allowing guns on campus.

摘要

尽管对支持校园携带法的研究有所增加，但很少有研究研究这些法律如何影响校园安全。本研究使用来自大学样本的纵向数据，比较了采用校园携带法之前和之后的校园安全措施。我们发现，人们对校园不安全、害怕犯罪、对校园警察缺乏信心、可怕的冲突以及在校园里携带枪支的看法在统计上显着增加，但暴力受害情况没有变化。教师/管理员、员工和学生的一些变化有所不同。此外，在我们的探索性多元分析中，我们发现其他因素无法解释校园安全观念变化的大部分变化。这些变化很可能是由于校园里允许枪支。