Paul Brandon wrote: > > >> I'd be interested in finding out the basis for your statement that > >> "campuses are know[n] for a high potential for violence." > > Do any of these sources directly compare the rate of violence (according to > the same definition) on and off campus, and show that the rate (for the > same age group) is higher on campus?
The references provided addressed the query noted above. It would be extremely difficult to research and quantify the question you pose. First, it would be difficult to operationally define "on and off campus" adequately. What would be considered an appropriate comparison? Does one use the area immediately surrounding the campus, does it make a difference if one uses a rural, suburban, or urban sample, or does one use data from all of society both inside and outside of the United States? Also, how would one stratify such as sample to control for a range of demographics including age? Additionally, how are crimes related to stalking, harrassment, etc. which may have their roots in on-campus relationships but are perpetrated off-campus recorded? Crimes such as theft, assault, etc. are easier to quantify but what if the crime occurs at an off-campus parking spot? Thus, if a student is assaulted while getting into their car after class but it occurs on the street, it is not recorded as a campus crime? Most campuses do not include such data in their crime statistics. And then there is also the issue of underreporting of many crimes which occurs on campus. See: > >Sloan, J. J., Fisher, B. S., & Cullen, F. T. (1997). Assessing the > >Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act of 1990: An analysis of > >the victim reporting practices of college and university students. Crime > >& Delinquency, 43, 148-168. It is important to remember that most colleges/universities have a vested interest in underreporting violence/crime data. I'm not so sure that the issue should be whether more or less violence occurs on campus. Rather, from my perspective, a better question to address is whether violence on campus is a problem and what strategies can be undertaken for prevention, appropriate intervention, and victim service delivery if needed. Warm regards, Linda > > >Here are a few references you might be interested in examining: > > > >Chapin, J. (2001). Optimistic bias regarding campus violence. Current > >Research in Social Psychology. Vol 6(16), Sep (2001). > > > >Bowman, R. L, & Morgan, H. M. (1998). A comparison of rates of verbal > >and physical abuse on campus by gender and sexual orientation. College > >Student Journal, 32, 43-52. > > > >Downey, J. P., & Stage, F. K. (1999). Hate crimes and violence on > >college and university campuses. Journal of College Student Development, > >40, 3-9. > > > >Hoffman, A. M., Schuh, J. H., & Fenske, R. H. (Eds.) (1998). Violence on > >campus: Defining the problems, strategies for action. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen. > > > >Koss, M. P. (1998). Hidden rape: Sexual aggression and victimization in > >a national sample of students in higher education. In M. E. Odem & J. > >Clay-Warner (Eds.), Confronting rape and sexual assault. Worlds of > >women, No. 3. (pp. 51-69). Wilmington, DE: SR Books/Scholarly Resources. > > > >LaVant, B. (2001). Understanding violence on the college campuses and > >strategies for prevention. Sandhu, Daya Singh (Ed). (2001). In D. S. > >Sandhu (Ed.), Faces of violence: Psychological correlates, concepts, and > >intervention strategies (pp. 73-86). Huntington, NY: Nova Science. > > > >Nicholson, M. E., Maney, D. W., Blair, K., Wamboldt, P. M. Mahoney, B. > >S., & Yuan, J. (1998). Trends in alcohol-related campus violence: > >Implications for prevention. Journal of Alcohol & Drug Education, 43, 34-52. > > > >Schuett, F. (2000). Campus violence/campus activism today. Michigan > >Community College Journal: Research & Practice, 6, 9-38. > > > >Sloan, J. J., Fisher, B. S., & Cullen, F. T. (1997). Assessing the > >Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act of 1990: An analysis of > >the victim reporting practices of college and university students. Crime > >& Delinquency, 43, 148-168. > > > >Syre, T. R., Pesa, J. A., & Cockley, D. (1999). Alcohol problems on > >college campuses escalate in 1997-1998: Time for action. College Student > >Journal, 33, 82-86. -- Linda M. Woolf, Ph.D. Book Review Editor, H-Genocide Associate Professor - Psychology Coordinator - Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Webster University 470 East Lockwood St. Louis, MO 63119 Main Webpage: http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
