TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Campus violence preparedness of US college campuses
JO  - Security journal
A1  - Seo, Dong-Chul
A1  - Torabi, Mohammad R.
A1  - Sa, Jaesin
A1  - Blair, Earl H.
SP  - 199
EP  - 211
VL  - 25
IS  - 3
N2  - This study investigates the impact of the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings on college emergency procedures of US college campuses. College administrators and security officers from a cross-sectional representative sample of 161 US colleges participated in an online survey in 2008-2009 academic year. Whereas a majority of college campuses reported having appropriate emergency procedures in place, only 25 per cent (n=40) of the surveyed campuses agreed that students understood the emergency procedures of their campuses. Another 25 per cent (n=41) of the campuses reported that if a dangerous crisis situation occurred, the entirety of students and employees would likely be notified within 5 min. Data indicate that a substantial number of colleges across the nation do not realize the importance of emergency drills and do not engage in campus-wide practice of them on a regular basis.     Keywords: violence; campus violence preparedness; emergency management; Virginia Tech shootings; campus security<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0955-1662
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/sj.2011.18
ID  - ref1
ER  -