Examining the Effects of Passing a Campus Carry Law: Comparing Campus Safety Before and After Georgia’s New Campus Carry Law
Department
Sociology and Criminal Justice
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Abstract
Although there has been an increase in research on support for campus carry laws, few studies have examined how these laws influence campus safety. Using longitudinal data from a university sample, this study compares measures of campus safety before and after the adoption of a campus carry law. We found statistically significant increases in perceptions of campus as unsafe, fear of crime, lack of confidence in campus police, fearful conflicts, and carrying a gun on campus, but no change in violent victimization. Some changes differed for faculty/administrators, staff, and students. Also, in our exploratory multivariate analyses, we found that other factors could not explain much of the variation in changes in campus safety perceptions; these changes are likely due to allowing guns on campus.
Journal Title
Journal of School Violence
Journal ISSN
15388220
Volume
20
Issue
4
First Page
430
Last Page
444
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1080/15388220.2021.1930016