@article{ref1,
title="Examining the effects of passing a campus carry law: comparing campus safety before and after Georgia's new campus carry law",
journal="Journal of school violence",
year="2021",
author="McMahon-Howard, Jennifer and Scherer, Heidi L. and McCafferty, James T.",
volume="20",
number="4",
pages="430-444",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1538-8220",
doi="10.1080/15388220.2021.1930016",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2021.1930016"
}