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Dissertation
Community College Campus Safety
University of West Florida Libraries
Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida
2011
Abstract
The purpose of conducting this study was to explore how incorporating principles of care theory and communitarianism on community college campuses might create an environment of increased safety. The aim of the research was to provide a foundation for development of a formal campus safety training program for use at community colleges and to provide campus safety policy guidance to college administrators. The research consisted of presenting a 1-hour pilot training program to three groups of community college stakeholders, students, faculty, and administrators. Data were gathered on their understanding, receptiveness, acceptance, and readiness to incorporate principles of care theory and communitarianism into practice. The training program began with an overview of community college campus safety, including trends in criminal acts and disciplinary actions, as well as a review of recent incidents that have prompted heightened public concern for campus safety. The training contained information on current conventional methods of campus safety and provided a review of opinions from various panels, task forces, and committees on the effectiveness of current practices. A 50-question inventory was administered to all participants. The inventory was designed to learn participants' view of technology versus technique as methods for making campuses safer. For purposes of this study, the dichotomy created by examining conventional methods of campus safety to incorporating principles of care theory and communitarianism is referred to as technology versus technique with technology representing the former and technique the latter, with the understanding that the use of the word versus is by no means used to imply these 2 approaches are mutually exclusive. Following inventory administration, participants from each training session were selected to represent their respective classifications in focus groups.
Details
- Title
- Community College Campus Safety
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 142
- Copyright
- © 2011 Brian Keith Shonk
- Identifiers
- 99380090718306600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Doctor of Education (EDD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida