Theft of personal belongings on college campuses

With the increasing rate of violent criminal victimization, concerns about safety
and prevention have begun to resonate across college campuses throughout the nation.
Despite the efforts put forth by institutions of higher education to reduce fear of crime
and criminal victimization, college students are subjected to coexist with the probability
of crime victimization on campus. The main objective of this thesis was to explore new
measures of crime prevention on college campuses. Specifically, the efforts put forth in
this study were to focus on understanding the problem of property theft of personal
belongings on college campuses. The findings based on Pearson correlations and
multiple regression analyses indicate that students’ crime prevention awareness and
behavior are highest amongst female and non- victimized students. Crime prevention
behavior was best explained by awareness. Furthermore, expanded evaluation of
contributing factors may lead to future crime preventive measures such as participation in
crime prevention seminars.