Fear of Crime Among College Students with Disabilities

Abstract

This research explores how temporal factors may differentially affect the experiences of students with and without disabilities regarding their fear of criminal victimization. Prior research has found that college students with disabilities have greater fear of crime during the day when compared with students without disabilities. In this research we confirm this finding and expand the practical implications of this reality for campus Disability Service offices. Possible explanatory mechanisms about causes of this difference and the ways in which universities can work to create a campus environment that is conducive to a sense of safety and security for all students are explored.