TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Examining the effects of passing a campus carry law: comparing campus safety before and after Georgia's new campus carry law
JO  - Journal of school violence
A1  - McMahon-Howard, Jennifer
A1  - Scherer, Heidi L.
A1  - McCafferty, James T.
SP  - 430
EP  - 444
VL  - 20
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1538-8220
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2021.1930016
ID  - ref1
ER  -