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dc.contributor.author | Hallmark, Timothy Scott | |
dc.coverage.spatial | United States | en_US |
dc.coverage.temporal | 1990-2018 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-11T14:05:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-11T14:05:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-12 | |
dc.identifier.other | 631FB60A-AC25-D496-429C-A96F73A1E51D | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10428/4219 | |
dc.description.abstract | Since its enactment in 1990, the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act has been the primary rule governing the management of security on the campuses of institutions of higher education. Although crime has decreased on college campuses in the quarter century since its first implementation, research has repeatedly shown that the standard has not achieved all its intended goals. In addition, this standard is frequently cited as burdensome by both the institutions that it regulates as well as other governmental agencies. With this failure to meet goals as well as its identified cumbersome nature in mind, this research has focused on the one-size fits all nature of the standard to determine if the historical data indicates that there is a reason for including institutions without on campus housing under the full requirements of the Clery Act. To examine if there is a reason for continued inclusion, quantitative research was conducted using secondary data obtained from the U. S. Department of Education. This data was utilized to test six Research Hypotheses focused on determining if there is a difference in the crime rates experienced by the group of institutions with on campus housing and the group of institutions without. This hypothesis testing overwhelmingly indicated that there was a difference in the crime rates experienced by these two groups of institutions except for the crimes of: 1) robbery; 2) motor vehicle theft; 3) hate crimes. This difference of crime rates suggest that policymakers should examine the need for inclusion of institutions without on campus housing in future revisions of the Clery Act. Keyword 1: Clery Act Keyword 2: Crime Statistics Keyword 3: Higher Education Keyword 4: On campus housing Keyword 5: Crime Rates Keyword 6: Annual Security Report | en_US |
dc.description.tableofcontents | I INTRODUCTION 1 -- Study Overview 1 -- Research Questions 3 -- Historical Background 4 -- Clery Act Overview 5 -- Public Administration Significance of Study 9 -- Summary 10 -- II REVIEW OF LITERATURE 11 -- Problem Statement and Overview 11 -- General Campus Crime Statistics 14 -- Effectiveness of the Clery Act in Informing Parties 19 -- Effectiveness in Impacting Students 20 -- Effectiveness in Impacting Parents 27 -- Effectiveness in Informing Faculty and Staff 29 -- Research Related to the Presence Residence Halls 30 -- Campus Sexual Assault Literature 32 -- Literature on the Crimes of Drug and Alcohol Usage 38 -- Literature Related to Program Evaluation 40 -- Gaps in the Academic Literature 45 -- Summary of Literature Review 47 -- III METHODOLOGY 49 -- Overview 49 -- Research Questions and Hypotheses 49 -- Research Scope 52 -- Data Sources 53 -- Variables 55 -- Total Enrollment 55 -- Criminal Offenses 55 -- Hate Crimes 58 -- VAWA Offenses 59 -- Alcohol and Drug Arrests or Disciplinary Referrals 59 -- Crime Rate Calculation 60 -- Sampling Methods 61 -- Sample Size 61 -- Sample Selection 63 -- Analytic Procedures 66 -- Descriptive Analysis 66 -- Inferential Analysis 67 -- Study Limitations 69 -- Institutional Review Board (IRB) 70 -- Summary 71 -- IV RESULTS 73 -- Characteristics of Institutions Included in This Study 73 -- Research Hypothesis 1 76 -- Research Hypothesis 2 78 -- Research Hypothesis 3 84 -- Research Hypothesis 4 94 -- Research Hypothesis 5 95 -- Research Hypothesis 6 96 -- Summary 97 -- V CONCLUSION 101 -- Study Overview 101 -- Limitations 105 -- Implications 106 -- Recommendations for Future Research 108 -- Summary 109 -- REFERENCES 111 -- APPENDIX A: Institutional Review Board Approval (or Exemption) 125 -- APPENDIX B: Institutions Included in This Sample Set 127 | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 1 electronic document, 156 pages. | en_US |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.rights | This dissertation is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, revised in 1976). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgment. Use of the materials for financial gain with the author's expressed written permissions is not allowed. | en_US |
dc.subject | Campus violence--United States--Statistics | en_US |
dc.subject | College students--Crimes against--Statistics | en_US |
dc.subject | Criminal statistics--United States | en_US |
dc.subject | Dissertations, Academic--United States | en_US |
dc.subject | Student housing | en_US |
dc.subject | Universities and colleges--Security measures--United States--Evaluation | en_US |
dc.title | Comparison of Crime Rates Experienced on the Campuses of Higher Education Institutions with On campus Housing and Those Institutions without On campus Housing | en_US |
dc.type | Dissertation | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Political Science of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.advisor | Prine, Rudy | |
dc.description.committee | Alvarez-Rivera, Lorna | |
dc.description.committee | Clen, Carol | |
dc.description.degree | D.PA. | en_US |
dc.description.major | Public Administration | en_US |