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Blue Lights and Pepper Spray: Cisgender College Women’s Perceptions of Campus Safety and Implications of the “Stranger Danger” Myth

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  • Chris Linder
  • Marvette Lacy

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Through a case study including focus groups with 32 cisgender women and document analysis of campus newspaper and websites, we highlight ways college women navigate multiple and conflicting messages about campus safety and sexual violence on campus. Although students are aware of statistics indicating most sexual violence happens between two people who know each other, they still engage in safety strategies related to stranger danger. We highlight implications related to messaging about campus safety and sexual violence on campuses.

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  • Chris Linder & Marvette Lacy, 2020. "Blue Lights and Pepper Spray: Cisgender College Women’s Perceptions of Campus Safety and Implications of the “Stranger Danger” Myth," The Journal of Higher Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 91(3), pages 433-454, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uhejxx:v:91:y:2020:i:3:p:433-454
    DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2019.1664195
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    1. Jakub Lickiewicz & Patricia Paulsen Hughes & Marta Makara-Studzińska, 2023. "Fear of Crime, Perceived Risk, and Confidence About Dangerous Situations Among University Women in the United States and Poland," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, December.

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