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Social Effects of Policing on Campus
Boaz, G., Connolly, D., Johnston, D., & Poitras T.,
Department of Criminal Justice, Radford University, Virginia 24142
Introduction
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Methods
Results
Discussion
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We created a survey of 13 questions through Qualtrics that was then distributed through different social media platforms, that asks participants if campus police generate fear and stress amongst students.
Our sample consisted of 122 participants that are Radford University students
The results showed that the majority of our sample, in regards to Class Standing, Gender, and Ethnicity were as follows; 57.4% were seniors, 51.4% were Female, and 59.8% were White/Caucasian
How students are influenced by policing on college
campus.
How police presence on campus make students feel
Increase of police presence increases stress among
Students around college campus.
Increase of police presence decreases the violence
among students around the college campus.
We believe that the police and students would benefit from programs that integrate them on campus to reduce the systematic fear and stress that the students experience.
This program would allow students to shadow campus police, giving students the transparency and insight into the duties and responsibilities of campus police; In the hope that this insight will decrease the levels of stress and fear amongst students.
Hispanic participants has shown the highest mean levels of stress as well as fear from campus police.
Male participants had shown lower levels of stress from campus police compared to the female participants.
Female participants had shown lower levels of fear from campus police compared to male participants.
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