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Roberts, Nicola, Naisby, Lauren and Mulligan, Andy (2025) Campus security and students’ perceptions of safety: an evaluation of security practices. Security Journal, 38 (52). ISSN 0955-1662

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In the UK, university students experience crime on campus. Yet few studies have assessed students’ perceptions of safety on campus and even less have explored their perceptions of campus security practices in enhancing their safety, including perceptions of this, on campus. To address this gap, we report on a study carried out at a university in the North of England. Two-hundred and sixty-one students completed a paper-based survey across three-time points during the academic year 2022/23 to gather their feedback about campus security practices. The findings indicate that the situational crime prevention techniques that Campus Security employ are associated positively with students’ perceptions of safety. The paper recommends further measures for Campus Security to focus on.

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Additional Information: This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41284-025-00500-5
Uncontrolled Keywords: Perceptions of safety Campus security practices Crime prevention through environmental design Situational crime prevention Deterrence Personal safety
Depositing User: Nicola Roberts
URI: https://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/19216

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This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41284-025-00500-5
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Perceptions of safety Campus security practices Crime prevention through environmental design Situational crime prevention Deterrence Personal safety
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19216
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doi.org/10.1057/s41284-025-00500-5
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0955-1662

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Lauren Naisby
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